This paper describes the properties of proprioceptive sensations induced by an asymmetric vibration using a vibration speaker-type non-grounded haptic interface. We confirm that the vibration speaker generates a perceived force that pulls or pushes a user's hand in a particular direction when an asymmetric amplitude sound signal that is generated by inverting a part of a sine wave is input. We conducted 5 psychophysical experiments and evaluated the subjects' physical properties in order to apply this phenomenon for a variety of applications. As a result, we confirmed that the vibration speaker was able to control both the direction and magnitude of the reaction force by changing the input signal.
Papers
・Takeshi Tanabe, Hiroaki Yano, Hiroo Iwata,“Evaluation of the Perceptual Characteristics of a Force Induced by Asymmetric Vibrations,”IEEE Transactions on Haptic, vol.11, no.X, pp.XX-XX, 2018 (in press). [IEEE Xplore]
・田辺 健, 矢野 博明, 岩田 洋夫,“振動スピーカを用いた力覚提示手法の知覚特性,”計測自動制御学会論文集, vol.53, no.1, pp.31-40, 2017. [J-STAGE]