Perceived vibration strength in mobile devices: The effect of weight and frequency

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Yao, Hsin Yun ^a   Grant, Danny ^b   Cruz, Manuel ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Immersion Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnitude perception; Mobile devices; Vibration frequency; Vibration strength perception; Vibrotactile perception; Weight

Indexed keywords

OPERATING FREQUENCY; STANDARD CELL; VIBRATING OBJECTS; VIBRATION FREQUENCY; VIBRATION SIGNAL; VIBRATION STRENGTH; VIBROTACTILE;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 77950339014     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2009.37     Document Type: Article

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