Haptics The next step in more intuitive and natural humancomputer interfaces

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• Haptics The next step in more intuitive and
  natural human-computer interfaces

Immersion Corporation Dean Chang CTO, VP
Technology Adoption Partner Services
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Multimedia Landmarks

• 1956

• 1977

• 1989

• What do these have in common?
• Value initially questioned
• Unleashed a wealth of creative multimedia content
  
• Ubiquitous today
• First Sight, Then Sound, Now Touch

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Contact Information

• Automotive Joe DiNucci, SVP Automotivejdinucci_at_
  immersion.com
• Medical Richard Vogel, GM/SVP Immersion
  Medicalrvogel_at_immersion.com
• Haptics Dean Chang, CTOdchang_at_immersion.com

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The Physiology of Touch
Mechanoreceptors
Primary Sensory Cortex

• Work together to inform us about pressure,
  texture, stretch, motion, vibration

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What Is Haptics? The Science of Touch

• Everyday Tasks
• Dialing a phone
• Playing a guitar or piano
• Finding a light switch
• Feeling your cardiac pulse
• Examples Tadoma, Tying a knot
• Only bi-directional communication channel both
  input output

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Why is Touch Important?

• Touch-tone phone
• Rich tactile cues
• Can be done without looking
• Effortless
• Windows calculator
• No tactile cues
• Only visual feedback
• Painstaking

More and more human-machine interfaces are
putting the primary sensory cortex to
sleep Haptics reverses this trend by
introducingrobotics to the physiology of
touch Greater realism, interactivity, accuracy,
and performance
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The Haptic Technology Spectrum
Mass/Weight Stiffness/Detents Viscosity/Damping Ro
ughness/Texture Pulses Advanced
Waveforms Advanced Vibrations Simultaneous
Compound Effects

Vibrations
Advanced Mathematical Models, Dynamic Simulations
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Solution Benefits
MicrosoftXbox
Immersion AccuTouch Endoscopy Simulator
Immersion CyberGlove VirtualHand for CATIA
BMW iDrive
Cell phone with VibeTonz
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Automotive Design Challenges

• Increasing technology content
• Increasing number of displays and controls
• Information and communication features add
  complexity
• Navigation Telematics
• Brake/Shift/Steer-by-Wire
• Safety and ease of use
• Eyes on the Road
• Hands on the Wheel
• Mind on Driving
• Intuitive, immediate understanding
• New interface metaphors needed to manage
• information safely and intuitively

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BMW iDrive
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Haptic Controls in Cars

• Rotary Controller

• Haptic Touch Panel

• Satellite Radio Controller

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XM Radio Ripe Opportunity for Haptics
Latin
Dance
World
Classical
JazzBlues
Kids
Urban
News
Rock
Premium
Christian
Comedy
Hits
TalkVariety
Country
Decades
Sports

• 17 Categories, 120 Channels
• Free Rotation Identical Detents, No End Stops
• Requires high visual and mental attention to
  operate

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Haptics Solution for XM Radio

• Big detents for categories
• Small detents for stations
• Different limits of range of rotation
• Programmable, upgradeable when new stations added
• No-look, minimal glance operation

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Haptics in Medical Simulation

• Simulators before Haptics
• Fruit
• Animals
• Cadavers
• No Touch

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Haptics in Medicine

• CathSim Vascular Access
• AccuTouch Endoscopy
• AccuTouch Endovascular
• Photorealistic Graphics
• Life-like Sounds
• Simulated Touch
• Emotion

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Haptics in Laparoscopy/Endoscopy
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Haptics Industry Today
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