Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 08, 2016 - June 11, 2016
This paper proposes a pocket-size device that enables users with no prior long-time trainings to intuitively read text letters using only their haptic sense. The device forces the user's finger-tip to trace trajectories of alphabet characters. Vibrotactile stimuli are superposed on fingers so that users can distinguish writing strokes from transient movements of fingers between strokes. The device structure, displayed motions, and experimental results of character reading are shown. The results suggest that the access to symbolic information via haptic modalities would turn into practical applications for people with late blindness or even people with normal vision.
