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)
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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