回転の皮膚せん断変形に基づく分布型触覚ディスプレイの設計

抄録

In this paper, we propose a tactile display with multiple stimulus elements that present rotational shear deformation on the skin, and describe the design of a device that applies the proposed method to the back. Shear deformation stimulation to the skin can be used to perceive force in a small device, and numerous methods have been proposed. Among them, methods that present the distribution of spatial shear stimuli are expected to be a method to reproduce skin sensations with high reality. In this study, we propose a tactile display with multiple stimulus elements that present rotational shear deformation to the skin using a rotating motor. A rotary motor is a widely used actuator that is easy to control, and can be scaled to apply to various body parts. In this paper, we design a device that can present the distribution of shear deformation stimuli in the back as an example of the application of this method. In particular, we focused on the size of the rotating tactors and the distance between the tactors among the form factors, and conducted a perception experiment. It was found that when the size of the tactor was 20mm, the direction of rotation was not perceived and the dynamic range of the intensity of the stimulus was maximized, and spatially continuous stimuli could be presented to the back if the distance between the tactors was 60mm or less.