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We have created a system that generates vibrotactile images on the surface of bare human palms. It simultaneously projects visible images by a video projector and produces non-contact vibrotactile stimuli using focused airborne ultrasound on the users’ skin. The vibrotactile images can be moved smoothly owing to the ultrasound phased array technique employed in the system. The vibrational texture can be tuned with amplitude modulation of ultrasound at the focal point. Our proposed system does not postulate that users wear specific devices for sensing tactile stimuli, which allows users to be free from any physical constraints.
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Hasegawa, K., Shinoda, H. (2015). Generating Vibrotactile Images on the Human Palms. In: Kajimoto, H., Ando, H., Kyung, KU. (eds) Haptic Interaction. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 277. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55690-9_56
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