Full citation
Enriquez, M. J., MacLean, K. E. (2003). "The Hapticon Editor: A Tool in Support of Haptic Communication Research." in Proc of the 11th Annual Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE-VR2003, Los Angeles, CA, 2003.
Abstract
We define haptic icons, or “hapticons”, as brief
programmed forces applied to a user through a haptic
interface, with the role of communicating a simple idea in
manner similar to visual or auditory icons. In this paper
we present the design and implementation of an
innovative software tool and graphical interface for the
creation and editing of hapticons.
The tool’s features include various methods for
creating new icons including direct recording of manual
trajectories and creation from a choice of basis
waveforms; novel direct-manipulation icon editing
mechanisms, integrated playback and convenient storage
of icons to file. We discuss some ways in which the tool
has aided our research in the area of haptic iconography
and present an innovative approach for generating and
rendering simple textures on a low degree of freedom
haptic device using what we call terrain display
programmed forces applied to a user through a haptic
interface, with the role of communicating a simple idea in
manner similar to visual or auditory icons. In this paper
we present the design and implementation of an
innovative software tool and graphical interface for the
creation and editing of hapticons.
The tool’s features include various methods for
creating new icons including direct recording of manual
trajectories and creation from a choice of basis
waveforms; novel direct-manipulation icon editing
mechanisms, integrated playback and convenient storage
of icons to file. We discuss some ways in which the tool
has aided our research in the area of haptic iconography
and present an innovative approach for generating and
rendering simple textures on a low degree of freedom
haptic device using what we call terrain display
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Year Published
2003