Haptic devices: Wearability-based taxonomy and literature review

A Adilkhanov, M Rubagotti, Z Kappassov - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, several new haptic devices have been developed, contributing to the
definition of more realistic virtual environments. An overview of this topic requires a …

A phonemic-based tactile display for speech communication

CM Reed, HZ Tan, ZD Perez, EC Wilson… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite a long history of research, the development of synthetic tactual aids to support the
communication of speech has proven to be a difficult task. The current paper describes a …

Acquisition of 500 English words through a TActile phonemic sleeve (TAPS)

HZ Tan, CM Reed, Y Jiao, ZD Perez… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, a phonemic-based tactile speech communication system was developed with the
goal to transmit speech through the skin for people with hearing impairments and those …

A multisensory approach to present phonemes as language through a wearable haptic device

N Dunkelberger, JL Sullivan, J Bradley… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication is an important part of our daily interactions; however, communication can
be hindered, either through visual or auditory impairment, or because usual communication …

Vibromap: Understanding the spacing of vibrotactile actuators across the body

H Elsayed, M Weigel, F Müller, M Schmitz… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In spite of the great potential of on-body vibrotactile displays for a variety of applications,
research lacks an understanding of the spacing between vibrotactile actuators. Through two …

Calibration of haptic device using sensor harness

A Israr, FWY Lau, F Abnousi, K Klumb - US Patent 10,255,825, 2019 - Google Patents
US10255825B2 - Calibration of haptic device using sensor harness - Google Patents
US10255825B2 - Calibration of haptic device using sensor harness - Google Patents Calibration …

Multi-sensory stimuli improve distinguishability of cutaneous haptic cues

JL Sullivan, N Dunkelberger, J Bradley… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wearable haptic systems offer portable, private tactile communication to a human user. To
date, advances in wearable haptic devices have typically focused on the optimization of …

Conveying language through haptics: A multi-sensory approach

N Dunkelberger, J Sullivan, J Bradley… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In our daily lives, we rely heavily on our visual and auditory channels to receive information
from others. In the case of impairment, or when large amounts of information are already …

Identification of words and phrases through a phonemic-based haptic display: Effects of inter-phoneme and inter-word interval durations

CM Reed, HZ Tan, Y Jiao, ZD Perez… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Stand-alone devices for tactile speech reception serve a need as communication aids for
persons with profound sensory impairments as well as in applications such as human …

Optimising encoding for vibrotactile skin reading

G Luzhnica, E Veas - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
This paper proposes methods of optimising alphabet encoding for skin reading in order to
avoid perception errors. First, a user study with 16 participants using two body locations …