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HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Educational Tool for Nanophysics Using Multisensory Rendering
Florence Marchi, Daniela Urma, Sylvain Marli&egrav...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A Closest Point Algorithm for Parametric Surfaces with Global Uniform Asymptotic Stability
— We present an algorithm that determines the point on a convex parametric surface patch that is closest to a given (possibly moving) point. Any initial point belonging to the su...
Volkan Patoglu, R. Brent Gillespie
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Selective Stimulation to Superficial Mechanoreceptors by Temporal Control of Suction Pressure
In this paper we propose a new set of primitives to realize a large-area covering realistic tactile display. They stimulate the skin surface with suction pressure (SPS method) as ...
Yasutoshi Makino, Hiroyuki Shinoda
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A Fracture Mechanics Approach to Haptic Synthesis of Tissue Cutting with Scissors
An analytical model for cutting of a plate of material with a pair of scissors is presented in terms of concepts of contact and fracture mechanics. The forces of contact between t...
Mohsen Mahvash, Allison M. Okamura
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Modeling of Human Texture Perception for Tactile Displays and Sensors
It is necessary to ascertain texture perception of humans in developing tactile devices that create or detect lifelike texture. In this paper, the relationship between object surf...
Hirokazu Shirado, Takashi Maeno
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Multi-Modal Perceptualization of Volumetric Data and Its Application to Molecular Docking
In this paper, we present a multi-modal data perceptualization system used to analyze the benefits of augmenting a volume docking problem with other perceptual cues, particularly...
Ross Maciejewski, Seungmoon Choi, David S. Ebert, ...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
High Fidelity Multi Finger Haptic Display
The Fingertip Haptic Display (FHD) is a five bar mechanism developed at the University of Washington for haptic interaction with the fingertip of the operator. The twodegree-of-...
Rainer Leuschke, Elizabeth K. T. Kurihara, Jesse D...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
An Experiment on Tracking Surface Features with the Sensation of Slip
This paper describes the last of three experiments that investigate relative motion between a surface and the fingertip (slip) as part of a larger program of research on “finger...
Mark A. Salada, J. Edward Colgate, Peter M. Vishto...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
FootIO -- Design and Evaluation of a Device to Enable Foot Interaction over a Computer Network
The development of a device that enables haptic foot interaction for communication over a network is presented. Considering the physical properties of feet we demonstrate that fee...
A. F. Rovers, H. A. van Essen
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Haptic Glyphs (Hlyphs) -- Structured Haptic Objects for Haptic Visualization
Haptic devices can be used to visualize information. As well as representing tangible surfaces and forces to enhance virtual training simulators for instance, haptic devices have ...
Jonathan C. Roberts, Keith M. Franklin