Vibrotactile display: Perception, technology, and applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2093-2104

  Choi, Seungmoon ^a   Kuchenbecker, Katherine J ^b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptics; tactile perception; tactile rendering; vibrotactile display; vibrotactile perception

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

HAPTICS; TACTILE PERCEPTION; TACTILE RENDERING; VIBROTACTILE; VIBROTACTILE DISPLAYS;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 84883053857     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2012.2221071     Document Type: Review

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