2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development Interface for creative design environment with haptic sensation
| Project/Area Number |
11555099
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
情報通信工学
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| Research Institution | TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
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Principal Investigator |
SATO Makoto Tokyo Inst. of Tech. P&I Laboratory, Prof., 精密工学研究所, 教授 (50114872)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYASHI Youichi Opton Co., EOIS Laboratory, Director, EOIS研究所, 所長
ISHII Masahiro Toyama Univ., Info. Sys. Eng., Lecturer., 工学部, 講師 (10272717)
KOIKE Yasuharu Tokyo Inst. of Tech. P&I Laboratory, Assoc. Prof., 精密工学研究所, 助教授 (10302978)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Keywords | CAD / Virtual Reality / 3D Model / Free Form Design / Human Interface / force display / CG / clay model |
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| Research Abstract |
We have been developing a new type of haptic device in order to manipulate virtual objects. The name of the device is called SPIDAR, which provide not only pointing capabilities of user, fingertips but also displaying arbitrary force sensation at the top of the correspondent fingertip. Combining this haptic device with a real-time graphic display, we can construct multi-modal virtual environments.
In the research project, we have developed a flexible design supporting system based on the above haptic virtual environment. The proposed design system is composed with the following subsystems :
1. Free-form shape design supporting processor subsystem,
2. Management subsystem of 3D free-from shape modelers,
3. Shape processing subsystem for free-form design,
4. Input subsystem for free-form shape.
Basic requirements for these subsystems have been made clear. Based on these requirements, we have designed the basic structure of the virtual environment and the interface environment. The effectiveness of the developed system is clarified by experiments of shape design.
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