Mid-air Constrained Haptic Interface Using Wind Power

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12082
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Takemura Haruo 大阪大学, サイバーメディアセンター, 教授 (60263430)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 力覚提示 / 非接地 / 非装着 / 風力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed a haptic interface using wind power for a user to perceive forces of object stiffness and weight, or to navigate a direction. In particular, the device was designed to allow a user to grab instead of wearing for higher usability. As a result, the developed device could let a user to perceive the translational and rotational directions with more than 80 % accuracy. Higher accuracy and quick transfer was achieved especially in rotation direction.

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