Force sensing and its application in minimally invasive surgery and therapy: a survey

AL Trejos, RV Patel, MD Naish - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The reduced access conditions of minimally invasive surgery and therapy (MIST) impair or
completely eliminate the feel of tool—tissue interaction forces. Many researchers have been …

Haptic neurorehabilitation and virtual reality for upper limb paralysis: a review

L Piggott, S Wagner, M Ziat - Critical Reviews™ in Biomedical …, 2016 - dl.begellhouse.com
Motor and sensory loss or dysfunction affects the quality of life for thousands of individuals
daily. The upper limb, and especially the hand, are important for a person's ability to …

Touchpad with capacitive force sensing

AP Huska, DM Krumpelman, CG Peterson - US Patent 10,068,728, 2018 - Google Patents
Described herein are techniques related to a touchpad with capacitive force sensing. The
described techniques may determine the point or region of a user-engagement surface …

Close the loop: Joint blind image restoration and recognition with sparse representation prior

H Zhang, J Yang, Y Zhang… - … on Computer Vision, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most previous visual recognition systems simply assume ideal inputs without real-world
degradations, such as low resolution, motion blur and out-of-focus blur. In presence of such …

Projected field haptic actuation

CG Peterson, AP Huska, JW Schlosser - US Patent 8,310,444, 2012 - Google Patents
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Tactile surface

CG Peterson, DM Krumpelman, AP Huska - US Patent 8,760,413, 2014 - Google Patents
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Keyboard adaptive haptic response

CG Peterson, AP Huska, JW Schlosser - US Patent 8,294,600, 2012 - Google Patents
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al. 5,057,657 A 10, 1991 Skulic 5,612,692 A 3/1997 Dugas et al. 5,676.476 A 10, 1997 Uke …

On the design of miniature haptic devices for upper extremity prosthetics

K Kim, JE Colgate, JJ Santos-Munné… - IEEE/ASME …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed three different versions of a multifunction haptic device that can display
touch, pressure, vibration, shear force, and temperature to the skin of an upper extremity …

Haptic keyboard systems and methods

CG Peterson, AP Huska, JW Schlosser - US Patent 8,248,277, 2012 - Google Patents
Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an
actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some …

Haptic keyboard assemblies, systems and methods

JW Schlosser, CG Peterson, A Huska - US Patent 8,248,278, 2012 - Google Patents
Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an
actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some …