Effect of temperature in perceiving tactile stimulus using a thermo-tactile display

Author

Yang, Gi-Hun ; Kwon, Dong-Soo

Author_Institution

Center for Cognitive Robot. Res., KIST, Seoul

fYear

2008

Firstpage

266

Lastpage

271

Abstract

In this paper, thermo-tactile interaction is investigated using a tactile display. The tactile display device can provide both normal vibrotactile stimulus and temperature together, using piezo-actuating pin-array and a thermo electric module. The main experiment of this research is about the effect of temperature, especially cold temperature, in perceived magnitude of vibrotactile stimuli. Three different conditions of vibrotactile amplitude and frequency were selected for tactile stimuli. Two different conditions were applied for each vibrotactile stimulus. Experimental result shows the effect of temperature condition to the perception of vibrotactile stimuli.

Keywords

computer displays; haptic interfaces; piezoelectric actuators; tactile sensors; thermoelectric devices; normal vibrotactile stimulus; perceiving tactile stimulus; piezo-actuating pin-array; temperature condition; thermo-tactile display; thermo-tactile interaction; Computer displays; Force feedback; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Material properties; Shape; Surface acoustic waves; Temperature sensors; Thermal conductivity; Virtual reality; haptics; perception; tactile display; thermal sensing; thermo-tactile interaction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation and Systems, 2008. ICCAS 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-89-950038-9-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-89-93215-01-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694562

Filename

4694562