Noncontact Tactile Display Based on Radiation Pressure of Airborne Ultrasound

This paper describes a tactile display which provides unrestricted tactile feedback in air without any mechanical contact. It controls ultrasound and produces a stress field in a 3D space. The principle is based on a nonlinear phenomenon of ultrasound: Acoustic radiation pressure. The fabricated prototype consists of 324 airborne ultrasound transducers, and the phase and intensity of each transducer are controlled individually to generate a focal point. The DC output force at the focal point is 16 mN and the diameter of the focal point is 20 mm. The prototype produces vibrations up to 1 kHz. An interaction system including the prototype is also introduced, which enables users to see and touch virtual objects.

[1]  Hiroyuki Shinoda,et al.  Non-contact Method for Producing Tactile Sensation Using Airborne Ultrasound , 2008, EuroHaptics.

[2]  Hiroyuki Shinoda,et al.  Selectively Stimulating Skin Receptors for Tactile Display , 1998, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

[3]  Colin H. Hansen,et al.  A Review of Current Ultrasound Exposure Limits , 2004 .

[4]  Ismo Rakkolainen.  How Feasible Are Star Wars Mid-air Displays , 2007, 2007 11th International Conference Information Visualization (IV '07).

[5]  Kouta Minamizawa,et al.  GhostGlove: haptic existence of the virtual world , 2008, SIGGRAPH '08.

[6]  Kouta Minamizawa,et al.  Haptic telexistence , 2007, SIGGRAPH Posters.

[7]  R. Johansson,et al.  Properties of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the human hand related to touch sensation. , 1984, Human neurobiology.

[8]  Hiroyuki Shinoda,et al.  Non-contact tactile sensation synthesized by ultrasound transducers , 2009, World Haptics 2009 - Third Joint EuroHaptics conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems.

[9]  Gi-Hun Yang,et al.  SaLT: Small and lightweight tactile display using ultrasonic actuators , 2008, RO-MAN 2008 - The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication.

[10]  Christian Audoly,et al.  Some aspects of acoustic interactions in sonar transducer arrays , 1991 .

[11]  Nobuhiko Hata,et al.  Three-dimensional display with a long viewing distance by use of integral photography. , 2005, Optics letters.

[12]  Hiroyuki Shinoda,et al.  Adding tactile reaction to hologram , 2009, RO-MAN 2009 - The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication.

[13]  Takahi Hasegawa,et al.  A general theory of Rayleigh and Langevin radiation pressures , 2000 .

[14]  Abderrahmane Kheddar,et al.  Tactile interfaces: a state-of-the-art survey , 2004 .

[15]  R. Resnik,et al.  Maternal-fetal medicine. , 1999, Clinical privilege white paper.

[16]  J. Awatani.  Studies on Acoustic Radiation Pressure. I. (General Considerations) , 1955 .

[17]  Kei Nakatsuma,et al.  Touchable holography , 2009, SIGGRAPH '09.

[18]  M. Yoneyama,et al.  The audio spotlight: An application of nonlinear interaction of sound waves to a new type of loudspeaker design , 1983 .

[19]  Yuriko Suzuki,et al.  Air jet driven force feedback in virtual reality , 2005, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

[20]  Jérémie Allard,et al.  Grimage: markerless 3D interactions , 2007, SIGGRAPH '07.

[21]  田村 俊世,et al.  Biomedical Transducers and Instruments , 1997 .

[22]  Hiroshi Mizoguchi,et al.  Three dimensional simulation and measurement of sound pressure distribution generated by 120 ch plane loudspeaker array , 2007, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.

[23]  Kouta Minamizawa,et al.  GhostGlove: haptic existence of the virtual world , 2008, SIGGRAPH '08.

[24]  Vincent Hayward,et al.  STReSS: A Practical Tactile Display System with One Millimeter Spatial Resolution and 700 Hz Refresh Rate , 2003 .

[25]  Edmond Boyer,et al.  Holographic and action capture techniques , 2007, SIGGRAPH '07.

[26]  G. Johnson,et al.  Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics , 2008 .

[27]  Hiroyuki Shinoda,et al.  Two-dimensional Scanning Tactile Display using Ultrasound Radiation Pressure , 2006, 2006 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems.

[28]  A. J. Zuckerwar,et al.  Atmospheric absorption of sound: Further developments , 1995 .

[29]  Yasutoshi Makino,et al.  Multi primitive tactile display based on suction pressure control , 2004, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2004. HAPTICS '04. Proceedings..

[30]  R. G. Dong,et al.  Analysis of Skin Deformation Profiles During Sinusoidal Vibration of Fingerpad , 2003, Annals of Biomedical Engineering.