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Article Dans Une Revue Applied Physics Letters Année : 2009

Tactile objects based on an amplitude disturbed diffraction pattern method

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Tactile sensing is becoming widely used in human-computer interfaces. Recent advances in acoustic approaches demonstrated the possibilities to transform ordinary solid objects into interactive interfaces. This letter proposes a static finger contact localization process using an amplitude disturbed diffraction pattern method. The localization method is based on the following physical phenomenon: a finger contact modifies the energy distribution of acoustic wave in a solid; these variations depend on the wave frequency and the contact position. The presented method first consists of exciting the object with an acoustic signal with plural frequency components. In a second step, a measured acoustic signal is compared with prerecorded values to deduce the contact position. This position is then used for human-machine interaction (e.g., finger tracking on computer screen). The selection of excitation signals is discussed and a frequency choice criterion based on contrast value is proposed. Tests on a sandwich plate (liquid crystal display screen) prove the simplicity and easiness to apply the process in various solids.
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hal-00749094 , version 1 (06-11-2012)

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Yuan Liu, Jean-Pierre Nikolovski, Nazih Mechbal, Moustapha Hafez, Michel Vergé. Tactile objects based on an amplitude disturbed diffraction pattern method. Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 95 (25), ⟨10.1063/1.3276549⟩. ⟨hal-00749094⟩
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