Spatially Transparent Electrotactile Display


"Presenting tactile sensation at the touching part of the skin is difficult with previous tactile display technologies because the physical stimulus causes tactile sensation at the presented part of the skin. For example, it is difficult to present artificial tactile sensation at the finger pad during writing with a pen without disturbing the action. This research presents a tactile device which can case tactile sensation at the different part from the stimulated part by using electrical stimulus. The principle is based on human tactile illusion that tactile sensation is perceived at the part of mechanoreceptor when the nerve action is induced at the middle part of the nerve. Especially, the electrical pulse stimulus at the middle part of the finger causes tactile sensation according to the signal pattern. The proposed display which is simple, small and capable of presenting multi-dimensional information is expected to be used for the navigation of tool manipulation."


Publications

  • S. Yoshimoto, Y. Kuroda, M. Imura, O. Oshiro, Electrotactile Feedback based on the Measurement of the Strain to Navigate the Retraction of Tissue. Transactions of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol.50, No.1, pp.84-91, 2012 (in Japanese) (JBMES 2011 Best Research Award).
  • S. Yoshimoto, Y. Kuroda, M. Imura, Y. Kagiyama, O. Oshiro, Development of A Spatially Transparent Electrotactile Display and Application to Hand Tool Navigation. Transactions of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol.49, No.1, pp.54-61, 2011 (in Japanese) (JBMES 2010 Best Research Award).
  • S. Yoshimoto, Y. Kuroda, M. Imura, O. Oshiro, K. Sato, Electrically Multiplexed Tactile Interface: Fusion of Smart Tactile Sensor and Display. In Proc. IEEE World Haptics Conference 2013, pp.151-156, Daejeon, Korea, 2013.
  • S. Yoshimoto, N. Matsuzaki, Y. Kuroda, M. Imura, O. Oshiro, STELET Display: Tactile Augmentation with Handheld Tool. In Proc. The 21st International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, p.168, Osaka, Japan, 2011.
  • S. Yoshimoto, Y. Kuroda, M. Imura, O. Oshiro, Development of a Spatially Transparent Electrotactile Display and Its Performance in Grip Force Control. In Proc. The 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, pp.3463-3466, Boston, USA, 2011.


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