Haptically Enabled Handheld Information Display With Distributed Tactile Transducer

This paper describes the design, construction, and initial evaluation of a handheld information device that supports combined tactile and graphical interaction. The design comprises a liquid crystal graphic display co-located with a miniature, low-power, distributed tactile transducer. This transduc...

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Published inIEEE transactions on multimedia Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 746 - 753
Main Authors Pasquero, J., Luk, J., Levesque, V., Wang, Q., Hayward, V., MacLean, K.E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.06.2007
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Applied sciences
Computer science; control theory; systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Exact sciences and technology
Feedback
Graphics
Handheld information devices
Haptic interfaces
Liquid crystal displays
mobile devices
multimodal interaction
Pins
Shape
Skin
Software
Space exploration
Surface acoustic waves
tactile displays
tactile transducers
Transducers
Electronic control
Multimedia
Sensation
Handheld information devices
Navigation
multimodal interaction
haptic interfaces
Visual servoing
Tactile sensor
Low power
tactile transducers
Graphics
tactile displays
Tactile sensitivity
User interface
Power device
mobile devices
Liquid crystal displays
Liquid crystal devices
Multimodal interface
Skin
Mobile computing
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Summary:This paper describes the design, construction, and initial evaluation of a handheld information device that supports combined tactile and graphical interaction. The design comprises a liquid crystal graphic display co-located with a miniature, low-power, distributed tactile transducer. This transducer can create electronically-controlled lateral skin deformation patterns which give the sensation of sliding over small shapes. It is integrated within a slider mechanism to control scrolling. It also functions as a detent when pushing on it. Tactile feedback and the combination of visual and tactile feedback in a mobile context enable the development of new functions, such as multimodal navigation within large graphic spaces
ISSN:1520-9210
1941-0077
DOI:10.1109/TMM.2007.895672