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Method for Providing Electrovibration with Uniform Intensity
Abstract:
Electrovibration is a type of surface haptics that can modulate lateral forces acting between a fingertip and a touch surface. Electrovibration is fast, consumes little power, and does not involve the use of any mechanical actuators. However, it suffers from problems such as nonuniform perceived intensity due to varying environmental impedances, as well as possible electric shock, which have to be solved for commercialization. In this paper, a current feedback method is proposed to provide uniform intensity of electrovibration, regardless of the varying environmental impedances. The proposed method can also prevent electric shock. To show the effectiveness of the proposed method, a hardware prototype was developed and a user study was conducted. The user study result shows that the proposed current control method can provide significantly more uniform perceived intensity of electrovibration as compared with the conventional voltage control method.
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