• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2009년도 학술대회
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• pp.203-213
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• 2009

의료 분야는 가상현실 (VR, Virtual Reality)의 주요한 응용 분야 중의 하나이다. 가상현실을 의료 분야에 응용하는 연구는 학제간 연구의 대표적인 사례로 간주되며, 컴퓨터 과학자나 공학자, 내과 및 외과의사, 의학 교육자나 학생, 군사 의료 전문가들이나 의생명과학 전문가들이 참여하고 있다. 사용자들이 인지하는 물입감의 경험을 기준으로 하여 사람과 컴퓨터의 상호 작용(HCI, Human Computer Interaction)을 향상시키기 위해서는, 햅틱(Haptic), 음성, 냄새 등 비전통적 상호 작용 방법이 탐구되어야 한다. 특히, 햅틱 피드백은 전통적 상호작용 방식인 시각 정보와 서로 긴밀하게 관계가 맺어진다. 시각 정보와 햅틱 피드백을 결합하게 되면, 사용자들은 몰입감을 좀더 강하게 느끼게 된다. 전세계적으로 햅틱 피드백은 오랫동안 연구되어 왔고, 햅틱 기반의 시스템도 많이 개발이 되었다. 본 논문에서는 해틱 피드백이 의료 분야에 적용된 사례들에 집중하였다. 즉, 햅틱 피드백과 이들이 의료 분야에 응용된 사례들을 정리하여 발표하였다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.12-16
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• 2002

Virtual reality (VR) opened the possibility of moving beyond the 2-D world of conventional desktop systems to an immersive, multi-sensory environment generated by computer graphics. Haptic feedback (Haptics) is now starting to get recognition and use in intensive applications for manipulation, while smell and taste feedback are at the stage of early research. This paper reviews some current works on increased haptic feedback augmentation in virtual reality applications.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 1998년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.123-128
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• 1998

This paper describes the evaluation of a force-reflecting interface with ultrasonic motors(USMs). The force-reflecting interface allows a human to feel object within virtual environment. To effectively display the mechanical impedance of the human hand we need a haptic device with specific characteristics, such as low inertia, almost zero friction and very high stiffness. USMs have attracted considerable attention as the actuator satisfied these conditions. USMs combine features such as high driving torque at low rotational speed, high holding torque and fast response therefore we studied two degree of freedom force-reflecting haptic system.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2013

This paper presents a robotic system that provides telepresence to the visually impaired by combining real-time haptic rendering with multi-modal interaction. A virtual-proxy based haptic rendering process using a RGB-D sensor is developed and integrated into a unified framework for control and feedback for the telepresence robot. We discuss the challenging problem of presenting environmental perception to a user with visual impairments and our solution for multi-modal interaction. We also explain the experimental design and protocols, and results with human subjects with and without visual impairments. Discussion on the performance of our system and our future goals are presented toward the end.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.212-216
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• 2013

As virtual reality technologies are advanced rapidly, how to render 3D objects across modalities is becoming an important issue. This study is therefore aimed to investigate human discriminability on the curvature of 3D polygonal surfaces with focusing on the vision and touch senses because they are most dominant when explore 3D shapes. For the study, we designed a psychophysical experiment using signal detection theory to determine curvature discrimination for three conditions: haptic only, visual only, and both haptic and visual. The results show that there is no statistically significant difference among the conditions although the threshold in the haptic condition is the lowest. The results also indicate that rendering using both visual and haptic channels could degrade the performance of discrimination on a 3D global shape. These results must be considered when a multimodal rendering system is designed in near future.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.305-310
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• 2007

If a virtual object in a virtual environment represented by a stereo vision system could be touched by a user with some tactile feeling on his/her fingertip, the sense of reality would be heightened. To create a visual impression as if the user were directly pointing to a desired point on a virtual object with his/her own finger, we need to align virtual space coordinates and physical space coordinates. Also, if there is no tactile feeling when the user touches a virtual object, the virtual object would seem to be a ghost. Therefore, a haptic interface device is required to give some tactile sensation to the user. We have constructed such a human-computer interaction system in the form of a simple virtual reality game using a stereo vision system, a vibro-tactile device module, and two position/orientation sensors.

• 융복합기술연구소 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2016

In this paper, we report a work-in-progress about development of multi-drone system for smart agriculture. The multi-drone system is controlled via a haptic teleoperation by a human operator. The purpose of the multi-drone system is that let the human operator to easily handle the multiple drones which are maintaining a fixed formation using ZigBee communication network.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.11-14
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• 2014

We have been designing human interactions for some learning support system or education system. The design is based on a symbol grounding model. The model is applicable to many learning domains using virtual reality technology. The design policy is simple and compact. In order to realize the policy we use/reuse some devices from the viewpoint of virtual reality. This paper introduces basic ideas and explains several example cases based on the idea.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2006년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.225-229
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• 2006

햅틱 인터페이스 장치는 가상공간 상에서 얻어지는 시각적 효과와 더불어 힘(촉각)을 전달하여 사용자에게 현실감을 줄 수 있는 장치이다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 용도로 사용할 수 있는 2 차원 햅틱 인터페이스 장치를 설계 및 제작하고, 입체영상 시스템과 연동하여 오락실에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 에어하키 시스템을 가상현실 기술로 구현하였다. 이때 적절한 모델링과 햅틱 렌더링을 통하여 가상 에어하키 공을 칠 때 사용자가 핸들을 잡은 손으로 느끼는 충격과 반력을 2 차원 햅틱 인터페이스 장치를 통하여 느낄 수 있도록 하였다. 구현된 시스템의 시연을 통하여 공과 핸들의 충돌 시 공이 튕겨 나가는 방향과 속도가 실제와 유사하고 공과 핸들에서 충돌이 일어날 때 실제와 상당히 유사한 느낌은 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2013

This paper describes a flexible visuo-haptic display module. We have developed a flexible electro-active polymer (EAP) actuator and a thin flexible visual display with $3{\times}3$ array configuration via polymer technology. The flexible actuator consists of nine EAP cells vertically moving in response to change in their thickness. The flexible display uses polymer based optical waveguide allowing light to scatter only at specific area. The display film is transparent and identically designed to the array pattern to fit for the arrangement of actuator cells. A pressure sensor is installed under the integrated module. The performance of the actuator is proved to be sufficient for satisfying perceivable range of human touch sense. The integrated system can provide interactive haptic feedback such as key pressing, contact vibration sensations, and etc. in accordance with user input.