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This paper introduces a novel smartphone bumper case providing an interactive touch sense and a realistic physical feeling. The thin and rapidly responding film-like actuator installed in the case simulates a physical response. A battery and a wireless communication controller are also embedded for the implementation of a stand-alone device. As the case is designed to be assembled with a smartphone and the assembly does not require any hardware revision of the smartphone, the proposed device has high compatibility with current consumer products. We designed a software structure guaranteeing a real-time physical response. The API can be used to provide realistic touch response and a user test is conducted for a comparison with the conventionally used vibrator in a mobile device.
This work has been supported by the S/W Computing R&D program of MKE/KEIT (10035360, TAXEL: Visio-haptic Display and Rendering Engine).
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Lee, Ju., Lim, JM., Shin, H., Kyung, KU. (2012). SHIFT: Interactive Smartphone Bumper Case. In: Isokoski, P., Springare, J. (eds) Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication. EuroHaptics 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7283. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31404-9_16
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