DocumentCode
555982
Title
Estimating topographic heights with the StickGrip haptic device
Author
Evreinova, Tatiana V. ; Evreinov, Grigori ; Raisamo, Roope
Author_Institution
Sch. of Inf. Sci., Univ. of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
fYear
2011
fDate
18-21 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
691
Lastpage
697
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental study aimed to investigate the impact of haptic feedback when trying to evaluate quantitatively the topographic heights depicted by height tints. In particular, the accuracy of detecting the heights has been evaluated visually and instrumentally by using the new StickGrip haptic device. The participants were able to discriminate the required heights specified in the scale bar palette and to detect these values within an assigned map region. It was demonstrated that the complementary haptic feedback increased the accuracy of visual estimation of the topographic heights by about 32%.
Keywords
data visualisation; haptic interfaces; StickGrip haptic device; haptic feedback; height detection; height tint; map region; topographic heights; visual estimation; Accuracy; Fingers; Haptic interfaces; Image color analysis; Ocean temperature; Three dimensional displays; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS), 2011 Federated Conference on
Conference_Location
Szczecin
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0041-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-83-60810-35-4
Type
conf
Filename
6078307
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