Glass Substrate Surface Acoustic Wave Tactile Display With Visual Information

Author

Kotani, Hiroyuki ; Takasaki, Masaya ; Mizuno, Takeshi ; Nara, Takaaki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Saitama Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

25-28 June 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Previously, a novel method to provide human tactile sensation using surface acoustic wave (SAW) was proposed. A stator transducer material (piezoelectric material) of a SAW tactile display, however, had constraint of size and shape. In this research, to solve this problem, a new method is proposed to excite and propagate SAW on a non-piezoelectric material surface. Excitation and propagation of SAW on a non-piezoelectric material is realized by a combination of a LiNbO₃ plate and a glass substrate. Successful work of an active type SAW tactile display using the glass transducer is reported. Additionally, installation of the glass transducer on an LCD to indicate tactile sensation with visual information and its demonstration are described

Keywords

display devices; haptic interfaces; surface acoustic wave devices; transducers; LCD; LiNbO₃; glass substrate surface acoustic wave tactile display; human tactile sensation; piezoelectric material; stator transducer material; surface acoustic wave; visual information; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic transducers; Acoustic waves; Displays; Glass; Humans; Piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric transducers; Stators; Surface acoustic waves; human interface; surface acoustic wave; tactile display; tactile sensation; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Automation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Luoyang, Henan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0465-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0466-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMA.2006.257425

Filename

4026046