A Proposal of Image Haptization System with Local Deformation

In this paper, we propose a haptization system that provides users with touch sensations of images. The system consists of a PC, a display, and a haptic device. The image is displayed on the plane in the VR world and can be touched by operating the haptic device. Haptization requires the haptic parameters that can be generated from the color information. The force is then calculated with a spring/damper model and rendered with the haptic device. At the same time as the haptization, the image is distorted locally to simulate the deformation caused by the pressure. Evaluation experiments have shown that the haptization rendering and deformation rendering can increase the interest of the users in the image contents.

[1]  Hiroo Iwata,et al.  Volume haptization , 1993, Proceedings of 1993 IEEE Research Properties in Virtual Reality Symposium.

[2]  Makoto Sato,et al.  A Proposal of a High Definition Haptic Rendering for Stability and Fidelity , 2006, 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence--Workshops (ICAT'06).

[3]  金 時學,et al.  A proposal of 7 DOFs force display : SPIDAR-G , 2002 .

[4]  Makoto Sato,et al.  A development of high definition haptic controller , 2005, First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. World Haptics Conference.

[5]  Yutaka Tanaka,et al.  525 Visualization and Haptization for Swirling Flow in a Pipe , 2001 .

[6]  Hideyuki Ando,et al.  Nail-mounted tactile display for boundary/texture augmentation , 2007, ACE '07.