• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02c
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• pp.30-35
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• 2008

This paper summarizes research results on the perceptual characteristics of mobile device vibrations carried out in the Haptics and Virtual Reality Laboratory at POSTECH, as a companion paper for the presentation to be offered in the haptics workshop of Korea HCI 2008. The physical characteristics, the absolute detection thresholds, and the perceived magnitudes of mobile device vibrations are briefly summarized, followed introduction to perceptually transparent vibration rendering.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.441-452
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• 2012

Recently, various researches have been attempted to effectively display pseudo-aural senses to the hearing-impaired or the deaf, using vibro-tactile stimulus as well as visual sense. Particularly, it is reported that as complementary senses to support the visual sense, tactile senses displayed by either speakers or vibration motors improve the reality sense significantly but do not nearly improve the emotional sense. Thus, in this study, the thermal sense is selected as another complementary sense to support the pseudo-aural sense display and it is investigated whether the thermal sense could generate a pseudo-aural sense or not. For this purpose, a thermal display module which could effectively display the desired thermal sense is implemented. Then, experiments have been conducted to subjects, which provide them with various types of stimuli combined with the aural, the vibrotactile, and the thermal stimuli along with the visual information. It can be confirmed, through statistical analysis on the data collected from experiments, that subjects could feel a pseudo-thermal sense closer to the real thermal sense which the normal subject feel from both the visual and the aural information, particularly either i) with the thermal stimulus along with the visual information or ii) with both the thermal and the vibrotactile stimuli along with the visual information than only with the visual information. Conclusively, it can be confirmed that the thermal stimulus applied to the skin of the subjects could play a role of effectively displaying pseudo-aural sense related to the thermal sense, as an complementary media for the pseudo-aural display.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.396-401
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• 2009

This paper describes the improvements made on hardware and software of the remote controller for realistic contents. The controller can provide vibrotactile feedback which uses both of a voice-coil actuator and a vibration motor. A vision tracking system for the 3D position of the controller is optimized with respect to the marker size and the camera parameters. We also present the improvements of motion recognition due to the effective motion segmentation and the fusion of vision and acceleration data. We apply the developed controller to realistic contents and validate its usability.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.815-821
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose a novel CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) system, which is called POMY (POSTECH Immersive English Study). In our system, students can study English while talking to characters in a computer-generated virtual environment. POMY also supports haptic feedback, so students can study English in a more interesting manner. Haptic feedback is provided by two platforms, a haptic chair and a force-feedback device. The haptic chair, which is equipped with an array of vibrotactile actuators, delivers directional information to the student. The force-feedback device enables the student to feel the physical properties of an object. These haptic systems help the student better understand English conversations and focus on studying. We conducted a user experiment and its results showed that our haptic-enabled English study contributes to better learning of English.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.3064-3082
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• 2023

During the last decade, several Electronic Orientation Aids devices have been proposed to solve the autonomy problems of visually impaired people. When hearing is considered the primary sense for Visually Impaired people (VI) and it is generally loaded with the environment, the use of tactile sense can be considered a solution to transmit directional information. This paper presents a new wearable haptic system based on four motors implemented in shoes, while six directions can be played. This study aims to introduce an interface design and investigate an appropriate means of spatial information delivery through haptic sense. The first experiment of the proposed system was performed with 15 users in an indoor environment. The results showed that the users were able to recognize, with high accuracy, the directions displayed on their feet. The second experiment was conducted in an outdoor environment with five blindfolded users who were guided along 120 meters. The users, guided only by the haptic system, successfully reached their destinations. The potential of tactile-foot stimulation to help VI understand Electronic Orientation Aids (EOA) instructions was discussed, and future challenges were defined.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.238-243
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• 2006

최근에는 통신기술과 인터넷의 발달로 원격의 사람과 전화, 이메일, 메신저 또는 화상회의 시스템 등을 통해서 쉽게 의사소통 할 수 있다. 이 시스템들은 주로 음성, 그림, 동영상 또는 문자 기반의 시청각 정보를 서로 주고 받으며 자신의 의사 및 감정을 전달하는 통로를 제공한다. 그러나 일상 생활에서 시청각 정보 외에 촉감 정보도 서로 의사소통 하는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 악수, 포옹 등의 촉감 상호작용은 사람 사이에서 친근감을 표시하는데 가장 직접적인 방법으로 자신의 감정을 전달하거나 느낌을 표현하는데 사용된다. 그럼에도 불구하고 촉감 상호작용을 가능케 하는 의사소통 시스템의 연구는 아직 폭넓게 진행되고 있지 않다. 본 논문에서는 일상에서와 같이 원격에서도 상대를 바라 볼 수 있고 자연스럽게 접촉할 수 있는 원격 촉감 커뮤니케이션 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템에서는 로컬 사용자가 손가락으로 상대의 몸 특정 부위를 만질 수 있고 서로 그 촉감을 실시간으로 느낄 수 있다. 이 시스템은 크게 AR 시스템, 그래픽 시스템, 햅틱 시스템, 택타일 시스템의 부시스템들로 나눌 수 있다. AR 시스템에서는 몸의 한 부위에 사각형의 AR 마커를 부착한 원격 사용자를 웹카메라로 촬영하고 ARToolKit 을 사용하여 마커의 위치를 측정한다. AR 마커의 바로 밑에는 택타일 장치가 장착되어 있으며 이 부위를 통하여 원격의 사용자는 로컬사용자가 자신의 팔을 만지는 느낌을 받게된다. 그래픽 시스템은 로컬사용자에게 촬영된 원격 사용자와 측정된 마커의 위치가 대표하는 원격 사용자의 가상 피부, 그리고 자신의 가상 손가락을 보여준다. 햅틱 시스템에서는 촉감 장치를 사용하여 로컬 사용자의 손가락 위치를 구하여 원격 사용자의 가상 피부와 접촉했을 때 그 충돌을 감지하고 접촉력을 계산하여 촉감 장치에 반영함으로써 그 접촉력을 느낄 수 있도록 한다. 택타일 시스템에서는 원격 사용자의 AR 마커 밑에 장착된 배열 타입의 진동 촉감 장치에 접촉 정보를 주어 로컬 사용자와 접촉 했을 때 접촉 부위에 진동을 줌으로써 촉감을 느끼도록 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.638-647
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• 2011

Various approaches directly using vibrations of speakers have been suggested to effectively display the aural information such as the music to the hearing-impaired or the deaf. However, in these approaches, the human can't sense the frequency information over the maximum perceivable vibro-tactile frequency (around 1kHz). Therefore, in this study, an approach via spectral modulation of compressing the high frequency audio information into perceivable vibro-tactile frequency domain and outputting the modulated signals through the designated speakers is proposed. Then it is shown, through simulations of using Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) with Hanning windows and through preliminary experiments of using the vibro-tactile display testbed which is built and interfaced with a notebook PC, that the modulated signal of a natural sound composing sounds of a frog, a bird, and a water stream could produce the noise-free signal suitable enough for vibro-tactile speakers without causing Significant interfering disturbances, Lastly, for three different combinations of information provided to the subject, that is, i) with only video image, ii) with video image along with the modulated vibro-tactile stimuli as proposed in this study to the forearm of the subject, and iii) with video image along with full audio information, the effects to the human sense of reality and his emotion to given audio-video clips including various sounds and images are investigated and compared. It is shown from results of those experiments that the proposed method of providing modulated vibro-tactile stimuli along with the video images to the human has very high feasibility to transmit pseudo-aural sense to the human.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2024

As virtual reality technology became popular, a high demand emerged for natural and efficient interaction with the virtual environment. Mid-air manipulation is one of the solutions to such needs, letting a user manipulate a virtual object in a 3D virtual space. In this paper, we focus on manipulating a remote virtual object while visually displaying the object and providing tactile information on the object's weight. We developed two types of wearable interfaces that can provide cutaneous or vibrotactile feedback on the virtual object weight to the user's fingertips. Human perception of the remote virtual object weight during manipulation was evaluated by conducting a psychophysics experiment. The results indicate a significant effect of haptic feedback on the perceived weight of the virtual object during manipulation.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.44 no.2 s.314
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• pp.37-46
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose technologies for enhancing the immersive realization of virtual objects in AR-based product design. Generally, multimodal senses such as visual/auditory/tactile feedback are well known as a method for enhancing the immersion in case of interaction with virtual objects. By adapting tangible objects we can provide touch sensation to users. A 3D model of the same scale overlays the whole area of the tangible object so the marker area is invisible. This contributes to enhancing immersion. Also, the hand occlusion problem when the virtual objects overlay the user's hands is partially solved, providing more immersive and natural images to users. Finally, multimodal feedback also creates better immersion. In our work, both vibrotactile feedback through page motors, pneumatic tactile feedback, and sound feedback are considered. In our scenario, a game-phone model is selected, by way of proposed augmented vibrotactile feedback, hands occlusion-reduced visual effects and sound feedback are provided to users. These proposed methodologies will contribute to a better immersive realization of the conventional AR system.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.19-26
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• 2006

This paper presents a novel pneumatic tactile display that can deliver some useful information. The air-jet display forms 5 by 5 arrays and features air nozzles with an external diameter of 2.4mm and internal diameter of 1.5 mm. In comparison with other tactile displays such as vibrotactile, there is little concrete psychophysical data relating to pneumatic displays, a fact which hinders their adoption. This paper addresses this challenge, and presents brief psychophysical studies examining localization rate, the two point threshold, stimulus intensity and the temporal threshold of cues produced by pneumatic air jets. Two groups of subjects were used in these studies, subsequently termed groups A and B. Both were comprised of eight participants. In the case of localization study we obtained 58.13% and 85.9% of localization rates each for dense display and sparse display. Two-points threshold test showed the length of gap between two air-jet stimuli which subjects can detect. However, it was formidable to find out precise temporal resolution of PTI owing to the limitation of capability of the pneumatic valves. Lastly, the results of stimulus intensity study suggest that by varying the size of a pneumatically created tactile stimulus, we can effectively vary its perceived magnitude.