Utilizing Haptic Feedback to Improve Touchscreen Operations

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KUBO MASAYOSHI 京都工芸繊維大学, その他部局等, 教授 (20379069)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ハプティクス / タッチ操作 / ユニバーサルデザイン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Utilizing Haptic Feedback to Improve Touchscreen Operations.In recent years, largely due to the widespread adoption of smartphone technologies wherein screens serve as both visual output and input devices, the use of tactical sensations, or haptic feedback, in the form of vibrations has increased as never before. Device makers employ feedback to enhance users’ experiences, but it can have special applications for the visually and hearing impaired. Previous studies of haptic feedback focused on industrial settings and treated all users alike. The present study found that groups of subjects visualize specific images when provided with vibrations linked to finger operations. We also developed a tactile feedback reference model according to finger operations. This allows for more intuitive operations, regardless of users’ characteristics, by enabling them to select a component of the vibration that evokes a specific impression.

Free Research Field

ユニバーサルデザイン