research-article

Good vibrations: an evaluation of vibrotactile impedance matching for low power wearable applications

Authors:

Blake HannafordAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '13: Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 515 - 520

https://doi.org/10.1145/2501988.2502051

Published: 08 October 2013 Publication History

Get Access

Abstract

Vibrotactile devices suffer from poor energy efficiency, arising from a mismatch between the device and the impedance of the human skin. This results in over-sized actuators and excessive power consumption, and prevents development of more sophisticated, miniaturized and low-power mobile tactile devices. In this paper, we present the experimental evaluation of a vibrotactile system designed to match the impedance of the skin to the impedance of the actuator. This system is able to quadruple the motion of the skin without increasing power consumption, and produce sensations equivalent to a standard system while consuming 1/2 of the power. By greatly reducing the size and power constraints of vibrotactile actuators, this technology offers a means to realize more sophisticated, smaller haptic devices for the user interface community.

References

[1]

Zelek, J. S., Bromley, S., Asmar, D., & Thompson, D. (2003). A haptic glove as a tactile-vision sensory substitution for wayfinding. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 97(10), 621--632.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[2]

Jiang, I., Ishikawa, Y., Lindsay, J., Hannaford, B. Design and Optimization of Support Structures for Tactile Feedback, IEEE World Haptics Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 2013, In Press.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[3]

Lindsay, J., Adams, R., and Hannaford, B., Improving Tactile Feedback with an Impedance Adapter, IEEE World Haptics Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 2013.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[4]

Precision MicroDrives, www.precisionmicrodrives.com

Google Scholar

[5]

Moore, T. J., & Mundie, J. R. (1972). Measurement of specific mechanical impedance of the skin: Effects of static force, site of stimulation, area of probe, and presence of a surround. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 52, 577.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[6]

Lamoré, P. J. J., & Keemink, C. J. (1988). Evidence for different types of mechanoreceptors from measurements of the psychophysical threshold for vibrations under different stimulation conditions. JASA, 83, 2339.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[7]

Verrillo, R. T., Fraioli, A. J., & Smith, R. L. (1969). Sensation magnitude of vibrotactile stimuli. Perception & Psychophysics, 6(6), 366--372.

Crossref

Google Scholar

[8]

Gescheider, G. A., Bolanowski, S. J., Hardick, K.R., (2001). The frequency selectivity of information-processing channels in the tactile sensory system. Somatosensory & Motor Research, 18(3), 191--20

Crossref

Google Scholar

Cited By

View all

Boz MDurgun Y(2024)Machine Learning-Assisted Wearable Thermo-Haptic Device for Creating Tactile SensationBitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi10.17798/bitlisfen.143420213:3(537-552)Online publication date: 26-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.17798/bitlisfen.1434202
Hachisu TKajiura MTakeshita TTakei YKobayashi TKonyo M(2024)Lever Mechanism for Diaphragm-Type Vibrators to Enhance Vibrotactile IntensityIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2024.335425317:1(20-25)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TOH.2024.3354253
Hachisu TReardon GShao YSuzuki KVisell Y(2024)Interpersonal Transmission of Vibrotactile Feedback via Smart Bracelets: Mechanics and PerceptionIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2023.332739417:3(372-383)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TOH.2023.3327394
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Good vibrations: an evaluation of vibrotactile impedance matching for low power wearable applications
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices

Recommendations

Tactile Information Transmission by 2D Stationary Phantom Sensations
CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

A phantom sensation refers to an illusory tactile sensation perceived midway between multiple distant stimulations on the skin. Phantom sensations have been used intensively in tactile interfaces owing to their simplicity and effectiveness. Despite that, ...
Force Jacket: Pneumatically-Actuated Jacket for Embodied Haptic Experiences
CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Immersive experiences seek to engage the full sensory system in ways that words, pictures, or touch alone cannot. With respect to the haptic system, however, physical feedback has been provided primarily with handheld tactile experiences or vibration-...
Audio-based Vibrotactile Feedback in Multimodal VR Interactions
VRST '23: Proceedings of the 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

While consumer-grade virtual reality (VR) hardware can deliver immersive audiovisual experiences, these systems often lack the ability to display realistic haptic feedback, or incorporate cost-efficient vibrotactile actuators with very limited abilities ...

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

UIST '13: Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

October 2013

558 pages

ISBN:9781450322683

DOI:10.1145/2501988

General Chairs:
Shahram Izadi
Microsoft Research, UK
,
Aaron Quigley
University of St Andrews, UK
,
Program Chairs:
Ivan Poupyrev
Disney Research, USA
,
Takeo Igarashi
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than the author(s) must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected].

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 08 October 2013

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Conference

UIST'13

Sponsor:

UIST'13: The 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

October 8 - 11, 2013

St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Acceptance Rates

UIST '13 Paper Acceptance Rate 62 of 317 submissions, 20%;

Overall Acceptance Rate 561 of 2,567 submissions, 22%

Upcoming Conference

UIST '25

Sponsor:
sigchi
sigchi

The 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

September 28 - October 1, 2025

Busan , Republic of Korea

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

5
Total Citations
View Citations
529
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)14
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)1

Reflects downloads up to 05 Mar 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View all

Boz MDurgun Y(2024)Machine Learning-Assisted Wearable Thermo-Haptic Device for Creating Tactile SensationBitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi10.17798/bitlisfen.143420213:3(537-552)Online publication date: 26-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.17798/bitlisfen.1434202
Hachisu TKajiura MTakeshita TTakei YKobayashi TKonyo M(2024)Lever Mechanism for Diaphragm-Type Vibrators to Enhance Vibrotactile IntensityIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2024.335425317:1(20-25)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TOH.2024.3354253
Hachisu TReardon GShao YSuzuki KVisell Y(2024)Interpersonal Transmission of Vibrotactile Feedback via Smart Bracelets: Mechanics and PerceptionIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2023.332739417:3(372-383)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TOH.2023.3327394
Lim BLee CHwang D(2021)Development of Embedded Sensor System for 5-DOF Finger-Wearable Tactile InterfaceIEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.1109/TMECH.2021.307770026:4(1728-1736)Online publication date: Aug-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3077700
Hwang DLee JKim K(2017)On the design of a miniature haptic ring for cutaneous force feedback using shape memory alloy actuatorsSmart Materials and Structures10.1088/1361-665X/aa860d26:10(105002)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2017
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/aa860d

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

PDF

eReader

View online with eReader.

eReader

Abstract

References

Cited By

Index Terms

Recommendations

Tactile Information Transmission by 2D Stationary Phantom Sensations

Force Jacket: Pneumatically-Actuated Jacket for Embodied Haptic Experiences

Audio-based Vibrotactile Feedback in Multimodal VR Interactions

Comments

Information

Published In

Sponsors

Publisher

Publication History

Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Conference

Acceptance Rates

Upcoming Conference

Contributors

Other Metrics

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

Other Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Login options

Full Access

View options

PDF

eReader

Share

Share this Publication link

Share on social media

Affiliations