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Haptic pen: a tactile feedback stylus for touch screens

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William S. Yerazunis,

Scott E. HudsonAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '04: Proceedings of the 17th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 291 - 294

https://doi.org/10.1145/1029632.1029682

Published: 24 October 2004 Publication History

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In this paper we present a system for providing tactile feedback for stylus-based touch-screen displays. The Haptic Pen is a simple low-cost device that provides individualized tactile feedback for multiple simultaneous users and can operate on large touch screens as well as ordinary surfaces. A pressure-sensitive stylus is combined with a small solenoid to generate a wide range of tactile sensations. The physical sensations generated by the Haptic pen can be used to enhance our existing interaction with graphical user interfaces as well as to help make modern computing systems more accessible to those with visual or motor impairments.

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Haptic pen: a tactile feedback stylus for touch screens
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices
      2. Touch screens

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