Inertial proprioceptive devices: self-motion-sensing toys and tools
IBM Systems Journal
Input technologies and techniques
The human-computer interaction handbook
Making nested rotations convenient for the user
SIGGRAPH '78 Proceedings of the 5th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Capturing the Dynamics of Mechanical Knobs
WHC '07 Proceedings of the Second Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces
Shake2Talk: multimodal messaging for interpersonal communication
HAID'07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Haptic and audio interaction design
Haptic and sound grid for enhanced positioning in a 3-D virtual environment
HAID'07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Haptic and audio interaction design
Designing eyes-free interaction
HAID'07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Haptic and audio interaction design
The Design of Everyday Things
A life log collector integrated with a remote-controller for enabling user centric services
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Physical contact of devices: utilization of beats for interpersonal communication
EuroHaptics'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Haptics: generating and perceiving tangible sensations, Part I
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In this paper, a human-computer interface equipped with self-uprighting feature and haptic feedback functionality as a PC peripheral is proposed. Device motion triggered by a user is sensed through embedded inertial sensors. Taking advantage of a mechanical structure incorporating a weighted bottom and mass symmetry, the device uses restorative uprighting force to right itself, making erratic motion once tipped over. The acceleration values are counterbalanced once yaw motion is applied by a user. The haptic feedback in this system is intended for both the realization of subtle detent effects and surface transmitting vibrations. Providing impulse tactile feedback according to gestural input, the device can function as a rotatable knob which is mechanically ungrounded. Moreover, surface transmitting vibration generated by linear actuators provides notifications of events important to the user in the form of ambient haptic feedback. With the utilization of the proposed features, it is expected that both intuitive information input and practical use of haptics in a desktop environment can be achieved.