Development of a Haptic Device Using a 2-DOF Linear Oscillatory Actuator

Kato, Masakazu; Kono, Yoshinori; Hirata, Katsuhiro; Yoshimoto, Takamichi

doi:10.1109/tmag.2014.2318771

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“…Experimental results under various waveforms optimized acceleration waveform with the results using the waveforms shown in Refs. (9) and (11). From Table 4, the optimized acceleration waveform successfully maintained a high percentage of correct answers while also further lowering the power consumption.…”

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“…In a previous paper, we a) Correspondence to: Masayuki Kato. E-mail: masayuki.kato@ ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp * Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan proposed a new acceleration waveform that consumed less power (11) . However, the asymmetric acceleration waveform shown in Ref.…”

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Optimization of Asymmetric Acceleration Waveform for Haptic Device Driven by Two-Degree-of-Freedom Oscillatory Actuator

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Mobile haptic devices are being studied extensively because they have great potential for use as information transfer devices. Amemiya et al. proposed a method for haptic feedback with a slider-crank mechanism that uses an asymmetrical drive. We have recently proposed a haptic device that uses a small two degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) oscillatory actuator. Using this actuator, we were able to reproduce the same asymmetric acceleration as the one achieved by Amemiya. However this waveform is dependent on the mechanical structure of the slider-crank mechanism and thus it is not necessary to use it for our actuator. In this paper, first, the relationship of the properties of the asymmetric acceleration to haptic perception is investigated by conducting experiments on volunteers. Next, by applying a genetic algorithm to the optimization method, an optimized asymmetric acceleration waveform is created. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by the power consumption of our actuator and the ratio of correct answers given by the volunteers.

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“…Therefore it is actually not necessary to use it for our 2-DOF actuator, which can synthesize a wide range of acceleration waveforms . In a previous paper, we proposed a new acceleration waveform that consumed less power [4] . However, the asymmetric acceleration waveform shown in [4] is not necessarily the best waveform since it has not been optimized .…”

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“…In a previous paper, we proposed a new acceleration waveform that consumed less power [4] . However, the asymmetric acceleration waveform shown in [4] is not necessarily the best waveform since it has not been optimized . In this paper, first, how the properties of the asymmetric acceleration properties are relate to haptic perception is investigated by conducting experiments on volunteers .…”

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“…The target acceleration is shown below: a(t) = ∑ N (A k *cos(2pkft)) (4) where a(t) is the acceleration, f is the frequency of the oscillation, t is time, and N is the upper bound of the harmonic order, and A k is the weight of each harmonic order that is used as an optimization parameter in the utilized genetic algorithm . In this paper, R target and P target are 3 .0 and 2 .0 W, respectively, N is 15, and the number of population is 60 .…”

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Optimization of asymmetric acceleration waveform for haptic device driven by 2-DOF oscillatory actuator

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2015 IEEE Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG)

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I . INTRODUCTIONLinear oscillatory actuators (LOAs) have been used in a wide range of applications because they have a lot of advantages: high efficiency, simple structure, easy control, etc . [1] . Small-sized LOAs have a large potential to be used as handheld haptic devices in the near future . Haptic devices that generate a force vector using asymmetric acceleration can create the illusion of a pulling sensation without needing a grounded structure [2] . However, these devices are not suitable for mobile applications because of their size . Furthermore it can only produce a one-DOF force, and also generates unnecessary torque due to the rotation of the connecting rod . We have proposed a 2-DOF oscillatory actuator, shown in Fig . 1, and succeeded in creating an acceleration waveform that is similar to the one generated by the slider-crank mechanism [3] . However, it was then realized that the slider-crank waveform synthesized by our 2-DOF actuator is unique and specific to the mechanical structure of the slider-crank mechanism . Therefore it is actually not necessary to use it for our 2-DOF actuator, which can synthesize a wide range of acceleration waveforms . In a previous paper, we proposed a new acceleration waveform that consumed less power [4] . However, the asymmetric acceleration waveform shown in [4] is not necessarily the best waveform since it has not been optimized . In this paper, first, how the properties of the asymmetric acceleration properties are relate to haptic perception is investigated by conducting experiments on volunteers . Then, by applying a genetic algorithm to the optimization method, an optimized asymmetric acceleration waveform is created . Finally, We verify the effectiveness of the optimized acceleration waveform is verified through 3-D finite element analysis and also experiments on volunteers . II . REQUIRED ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTICS In this section, the effects of the properties of the asymmetric acceleration on haptic perception were determined through experiments on volunteers . Two effects on haptic perception were studied using the acceleration waveform shown in [3] . Fig . 2 shows the relationship between the size of the negative acceleration peak and the percentage of correct answers, with the ratio of the positive to the negative peaks being constant . As the peak value increases, the percentage of correct answers also increases . The percentage of correct answers seems to saturate when the peak value is about 4 .0 m/s 2 . Therefore we determined that a safe negative peak value to obtain a high percentage of correct answers would be 4 .5m/s 2 . Fig . 3 shows the relationship between the ratio of the positive to the negative peaks and the percentage of correct answers . The percentage of correct answers increased linearly with the ratio . From these results, we determined that the ratio of the negative to the positive peaks needs to be as large as possible and the negative acceleration peak should be more than 4 .5m/s 2 to achieve a high percentage of correct answer...

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