• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.37-43
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• 2005

A haptic steering system which reflects steering reaction torque has been developed for a fixed base vehicle simulator. The haptic steering system consists of a steering effort sensor, MR-clutch, AC servo motor and controller. In order to generate realistic steering torque feel to driver and at the same time to meet real-time simulation requirement, 3D torque map is constructed by experimental data and torque generation algorithm using the torque map has been also developed. 3D torque map is constructed using curve fitting and interpolation of the measured values of the steering angle, velocity and steering torque from actual slalom test on the proving ground. In order to carry out performance test of the developed haptic steering system, a fixed based vehicle simulator is constructed by integrating real time vehicle dynamics module, VR-video/audio module, and the haptic steering system. Steering torque and steering angle curves have been obtained from virtual testing in the vehicle simulator and performance of the haptic steering system has been evaluated.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.371-380
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• 2013

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of design parameters of vibrotactile signals on semantic association with transmitted information conveying different meanings. Background: As information communication relying on human visual channel becomes excessive, the utility of vibrotactile signals is being interested as a substitute measure of delivering information. Properly designed hapticons may relieve burden of visual communication by rendering distinct and meaningfully compatible haptic sensations. Method: A typical Kansei engineering approach was adopted in this study. Ten most distinctive hapticons were selected among those having different frequencies and amplitudes. Associations between the hapticons and twenty four pairs of adjectives used to describe the state of automobile in control were gathered from thirty subjects using semantic differential scales. Results: The selected pairs of adjectives were summarized by factor analysis into two semantic dimensions named 'Awareness' and 'Directionality'. The experimental hapticons matched with the semantic dimensions were presented as a haptic emotion map. Conclusion: The results from this study support that frequencies and amplitudes of haptic signals play important roles in arousing different human perceptions regarding the two haptic emotional dimensions. Application: Properly designed hapticons with respect to the contents of transmitted information will increase human operator's situation awareness as well as system performance. The result from this study can be used to develop standardized hapticons for active haptic communication.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.216-222
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• 2006

Vector field has been commonly used to visualize the data set which is invisible or is hard to explain. For instance, it could be used to visualize scientific data such as the direction and amount of wind and water field, transfer of heat through thermally conductive materials, and electromagnetic field. In this paper, we present a technique to enable intuitive recognition of the data though haptic feedback along with visual feedback. To add tactile information to graphical vector field, we model a haptic vector field and then apply it to the haptic map to guide a user to destination and haptic simulation of water field on 2D images whish can be used ill everyday life. These systems allow one to recognize vector information intuitively through haptic interface. We expect that the haptic rendering technique of vector field can be applied to various applications such as education, training, and entertainment.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a haptic display system that can convert Braille and tactual map(braille map) to tactile information recognizable through sense of touch almost in real-time. The proposed system consists of a haptic display hardware device, which actually delivers tactile signal to visually impaired people, and a device control software program, which converts Braille and tactile information to tactile signal and transfers it to the hardware device. Experimental evaluations of the proposed system were performed with 10 visually impaired persons. Experimental results show that the proposed system can provide similar Braille recognition rate and speed to those of existing Braille information devices. In addition, the proposed system converts tactile information to tactile signal under maximum 1.1 seconds, so that it can provide graphic information in almost real-time which is not possible with existing tactile devices, such as Braille printer.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.590-594
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• 2008

근래에 인간과 컴퓨터의 상호작용을 통하여 사용자에게 직관적인 정보를 제공하는 기술들이 발전하고 있으며, 그래픽 기술의 비실사 렌더링을 이용한 미술 기법을 사실감 있게 가상 체험하기 위한 어플리케이션이 제안되고 있다. 본 논문은 미술 기법 중 방망이를 이용한 탁본 기법을 가상의 환경에서 모사하기 위해 탁본의 방망이를 통한 힘 쉐이딩을 새롭게 고안하여 제안한다. 햅틱 커서의 포인트와는 달리 탁본 방망이의 면적이 접촉하는 부분에서 생기는 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 Height map으로 사용된 Canny Edge Detection 이미지를 통해 Height map을 부분적으로 재 정의하고 힘의 계산에 적용하여 충돌된 방망이의 힘 쉐이딩을 가능하게 하는 것이 원리이다. 그래픽 렌더링 효과와 함께 실시간으로 사용자에게 햅틱 장치를 이용하여 촉감 정보를 전달함으로써 다양한 미술 교육적 효과를 체험할 수 있는 방안을 제공할 것으로 기대된다.