Vibrotactile perceived intensity for mobile devices as a function of direction, amplitude, and frequency

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-362

  Hwang, Inwook ^a   Seo, Jongman ^a   Kim, Myongchan ^a   Choi, Seungmoon ^a  

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

Author keywords

direction; mobile device; Perceived intensity; skin absorbed power; vibration; weight

Indexed keywords

DIRECTION; PERCEIVED INTENSITY; SKIN-ABSORBED POWER; VIBRATION; WEIGHT;

EXPERIMENTS;

MOBILE DEVICES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883809701     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2013.2     Document Type: Article

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