Pervasive Haptics

Part I. Fundamentals of Hapitcs

1. Psychophysical Dimensions of Material Perception and Methods to Specify Textural Space
Shogo Okamoto, Hikaru Nagano, Hsin-Ni Ho

2. The Brain Network for Haptic Object Recogniton
Ryo Kitada

3. Understanding Force Perception Characteristics of a Human and Its Applications
Yuichi Kurita

Part II. Component Design

4. Tactile Display Using the Micro-vibration of Shape-Memory Alloy Wires and Its Application to Tactile Interaction Systems
Hideyuki Sawada

5. Electro-tactile Display: Principle and Hardware
Hiroyuki Kajimoto

6. Solid Ultrasonics Tactile Displays
Masaya Takasaki

7. Lateral-Force-Based Tactile Display
Satoshi Saga

8. Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display
Takayuki Hoshi, Hiroyuki Shinoda

9. Tactile Sensing Techniques That Use Intrinsic Force Sensors
Toshiaki Tsuji

10. Reflection-Image-Based Tactile Sensor
Satoshi Saga

11. Thermal Displays and Sensors
Katsunari Sato

Part III. Solid Application

12. TECHTILE Workshop for Creating Haptic Content
Masashi Nakatani, Yasuaki Kakehi, Kouta Minamizawa, Soichiro Mihara, Susumu Tachi

13. Computational Aesthetics: From Tactile Score to Sensory Language
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Rieko Suzuki

14. Haptic Aids for the Visually Impaired
Han SungMin

15. Simple Tactile Technologies Utilizing Human Tactile and Haptic Characteristics
Yoshihiro Tanaka, Akihito Sano

Part IV. Search for New Fields

16. Toward the Haptic Interaction in Daily Life
Takuya Nojima

17. Haptic Interfaces That Induce Motion and Emotion
Hiroyuki Kajimoto

18. Bidirectionality of Haptics
Satoshi Saga

19. Remote Transmission of Multiple Tactile Properties
Masashi Konyo

Nyckelord: Engineering, Robotics and Automation, Computational Intelligence, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Biomedical Engineering