Perceptual and biomechanical frequency response of human skin: Implication for design of tactile displays

Proceedings - 1st Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems; World Haptics Conference, WHC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 96-101

  Kyung, Ki Uk ^a   Ahn, Minseung ^b   Kwon, Dong Soo ^a   Srinivasan, Mandayam A ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISPLAY DEVICES; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HAPTIC INTERFACES; REMOTE CONTROL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; HUMAN SKIN; INDEX FINGER; SPATIAL ACUITY; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TACTILE DISPLAY; VIBROTACTILE;

MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS);

EID: 84934296690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WHC.2005.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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