A Handwritten Character Training System with Haptization of Instructor's Brush-Strokes

We present an approach to realize an e-learning system targeted at teaching handwritten characters. In addition to realistic 3D graphics rendering of written characters, our system provides a haptic channel to intuitively learn an instructor’s fine motor skills through the sense of touch. We utilize a commercially available haptic device called PHANTOM. The proposed system implements a function to record and replay the instructor’s hand motions with the written characters. Then, users can learn how to write the recorded characters with feeling the instructor’s style of handwritings via the PHANTOM device. The users can start learning at any time and iterate training without worrying about resource consumptions such as papers and ink as much as they like.