The hapticon editor: a tool in support of haptic communication research

Enriquez, Mario; MacLean, Karon E.

doi:10.1109/haptic.2003.1191310

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“…Thus, while MacLean and Enriquez suggest that haptic icons are conceptually closer to earcons than auditory icons, in that they are message-like ("our approach shares more philosophically with [earcons], but we also have a long-term aim of adding the intuitive benefits of Gaver's approach…") [9], the same authors in a different publication write that "haptic icons, or hapticons, [are] brief programmed forces applied to a user through a haptic interface, with the role of communicating a simple idea in manner similar to visual or auditory icons" [10]. Similarly, Brewster and Brown define tactons and tactile icons as interchangeable terms, stating that both are "structured, abstract messages that can be used to communicate messages non-visually" [11].…”

Section: Overview Of Auditory and Haptic Feedback Methodsmentioning

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A survey of assistive technologies and applications for blind users on mobile platforms: a review and foundation for research

Csapó

Wersényi

Nagy

et al. 2015

J Multimodal User Interfaces

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This paper summarizes recent developments in audio and tactile feedback based assistive technologies targeting the blind community. Current technology allows applications to be efficiently distributed and run on mobile and handheld devices, even in cases where computational requirements are significant. As a result, electronic travel aids, navigational assistance modules, text-to-speech applications, as well as virtual audio displays which combine audio with haptic channels are becoming integrated into standard mobile devices. This trend, combined with the appearance of increasingly user-friendly interfaces and modes of interaction has opened a variety of new perspectives for the rehabilitation and training of users with visual impairments. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of these developments based on recent advances in basic research and application development. Using this overview as a foundation, an agenda is outlined for future research in mobile interaction design with respect to users with special needs, as well as ultimately in relation to sensor-bridging applications in general.

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Section: Overview Of Auditory and Haptic Feedback Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A survey of assistive technologies and applications for blind users on mobile platforms: a review and foundation for research

Csapó

Wersényi

Nagy

et al. 2015

J Multimodal User Interfaces

139

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“…In a different paper, the same authors write that "Haptic icons, or hapticons, [are] brief programmed forces applied to a user through a haptic interface, with the role of communicating a simple idea in a manner similar to visual or auditory icons" [77].…”

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A Survey on Hardware and Software Solutions for Multimodal Wearable Assistive Devices Targeting the Visually Impaired

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“…Enriquez and Maclean [12] developed the Hapticon Editor, for the creation and editing of haptic icons for a 1-DOF forcefeedback device (e.g. a rotary knob).…”

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TactiPEd: Easy Prototyping of Tactile Patterns

Panëels

Anastassova

Brunet

2013

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. We present the design and evaluation of a tactile editor, TactiPEd for the rapid and easy prototyping of vibrotactile patterns. It is based on the graphical metaphor of the shape of the device, which is used for the tuning of the main tactile characteristics, including amplitude, frequency and duration of tactile sequences. The editor includes file systems functionalities using the XML format along with playing and recording functionalities. The editor was thoroughly evaluated: a usability evaluation was conducted with 9 participants, the designed metaphor-based patterns were analyzed for insights on cross-device design and finally the editor was tested with several devices. TactiPEd was successfully and easily used with little training and enabled users to design patterns in little time. The resulting patterns shared common characteristics across the devices for a given metaphor.Keywords: tactile feedback, tactile pattern authoring, vibrotactile pattern. IntroductionThe development of wearable tactile devices, in the forms of bracelets [1, 2, 3], vests [4] or belts [5], has been increasing, in particular for mobile and wearable computing. By providing an alternative channel for communication, these devices enable the transmission of information in an eyes-free, ear-free and discrete manner, useful not only in contexts where other modalities are not available but also when they are heavily used, all the while letting the user focus on the surrounding environment. For instance in mobility, it frees the user from staring continuously at his smartphone screen for information whilst walking [6] and thus enables him to stay aware of the potential dangers incoming from traffic of cars and people. The haptic modality has successfully been used for example for providing navigation cues [4,5,6], status information about mobile phone applications (e.g. activity of email inbox [1]) or for enhancing the education and learning [7], among many other existing applications. However, a lot of effort is still spent on designing appropriate, intuitive and discriminable vibrotactile cues, through numerous development iterations and user evaluations [8], often specific to one device and one application, and usually requiring specific device and programming knowledge. Therefore few research prototypes

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The hapticon editor: a tool in support of haptic communication research

Cited by 64 publications

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A survey of assistive technologies and applications for blind users on mobile platforms: a review and foundation for research

A survey of assistive technologies and applications for blind users on mobile platforms: a review and foundation for research

A Survey on Hardware and Software Solutions for Multimodal Wearable Assistive Devices Targeting the Visually Impaired

TactiPEd: Easy Prototyping of Tactile Patterns

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