Reflective haptics: enhancing stylus-based interactions on touch screens

  • Authors:
  • Götz Wintergerst;Ron Jagodzinski;Fabian Hemmert;Alexander Müller;Gesche Joost

  • Affiliations:
  • HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany;HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany;Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Design Research Lab, Berlin, Germany;Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Design Research Lab, Berlin, Germany;Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Design Research Lab, Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • EuroHaptics'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Haptics: generating and perceiving tangible sensations, Part I
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the prototype of a low cost haptically augmented stylus for pen computing on touch screens. The stylus supports human-computer interaction through a dynamic haptic feedback. This reflective feedback is generated by a magnetically operated brake system. The feedback actuator is integrated in the stylus. Therefore, the pen supports the use of multiple styli on a single touch screen. The pen provides a broad scale of feedback-especially for the display of haptic surface cues. Hence, it is predestined for stroke gestures, as they are commonly used in crossing-based pen interfaces.