DocumentCode :
3316951
Title :
PianoTouch: A wearable haptic piano instruction system for passive learning of piano skills
Author :
Huang, Kevin ; Do, Ellen Yi-Luen ; Starner, Thad
fYear :
2008
fDate :
Sept. 28 2008-Oct. 1 2008
Firstpage :
41
Lastpage :
44
Abstract :
We present PianoTouch, a wearable, wireless haptic piano instruction system, composed of (1) five small vibration motors, one for each finger, fitted inside a glove, (2) a Bluetooth module mounted on the glove, and (3) piano music output from a laptop. Users hear the piano music and feel the vibrations indicating which finger is used to play the note. We investigate the system´s potential for passive learning, i.e. learning piano playing automatically while engaged in everyday activities. In a preliminary study, four subjects learned two songs initially and then wore the PianoTouch glove for 30 minutes while listening to the songs repeated. One of the songs included tactile sensations and the other did not. The study found that after 30 minutes, the PianoTouch subjects were able to play the song accompanied by tactile sensations better than the non-tactile song. These results suggest the value of a more detailed study.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; computer aided instruction; haptic interfaces; music; musical instruments; vibrations; wearable computers; Bluetooth module; PianoTouch system; laptop; passive piano skill learning; piano music; tactile sensation; vibration motor; wearable wireless haptic piano instruction system; Batteries; Bluetooth; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Educational institutions; Fingers; Haptic interfaces; Portable computers; Vibration control; Wearable computers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 2008. ISWC 2008. 12th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
ISSN :
1550-4816
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2637-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.2008.4911582
Filename :
4911582
Link To Document :
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