Location-free haptic interaction for large-area social applications

  • Authors:
  • Tomohiro Amemiya;Taro Maeda;Hideyuki Ando

  • Affiliations:
  • Human and Information Science Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Atsugi, Japan 243-0198;Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan 565-0871;Human and Information Science Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Atsugi, Japan 243-0198

  • Venue:
  • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the potential of force perception technologies for realizing hand-held devices in the field of social systems. We propose and develop an interactive force-sensation-based navigation system for waiters based on a force perception technology that we have proposed. The navigation system consists of our new hand-held haptic interface and a camera-based position and posture identification system. Since the proposed compact haptic interface does not require external grounding, it can be used outside the laboratory and does not interrupt human activity. We verify the feasibility of the system in trials where we collected the responses of system users.