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    Area of Science:

    • Crossmodal perception research
    • Auditory and tactile sensory science
    • Human-computer interaction

    Background:

    • Audio-to-tactile conversion enhances user experience in various applications.
    • Understanding crossmodal congruence is key for effective sensory substitution.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To establish a functional relationship between sound loudness spectra and tactile vibration frequencies.
    • To develop a generalizable sound-to-touch crossmodal pitch mapping function.
    • To explore spectral matching rules between auditory and tactile stimuli.

    Main Methods:

    • Synthesizing single-frequency amplitude-modulated vibrations to match sound intensity and temporal characteristics.
    • Evaluating crossmodal congruence for 175 sound-vibration pairs across varying frequencies.
    • Estimating a mapping function from sound loudness spectra to harmonious vibration frequencies using a dataset.

    Main Results:

    • A functional relationship was estimated, mapping sound loudness spectra to optimal tactile pitch (vibration frequency).
    • Cross-validation confirmed the reliability of the developed sound-to-touch crossmodal pitch mapping function.
    • This research provides the first general rules for spectral matching between sound and touch.

    Conclusions:

    • The study successfully created a method for mapping sound characteristics to tactile sensations.
    • The findings contribute to designing more intuitive and congruent multi-sensory user experiences.
    • This work pioneers the exploration of generalizable spectral correspondence between auditory and tactile domains.