“Hapbeat : Single DOF Wide Range Wearable Haptic Display” by Yamazaki, Mitake, Oda, Wu, Hasegawa, et al. …

  • ©Yusuke Yamazaki, Hironori Mitake, Ryuto Oda, Hsueh-Han Wu, Shoichi Hasegawa, Minatsu Takekoshi, Yuji Tsukamoto, and Tetsuaki Baba

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Entry Number: 12

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    Hapbeat : Single DOF Wide Range Wearable Haptic Display

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    Hapbeat is a single DOF haptic display, which enhances virtual reality experiences and music listening. It consists of two coreless motors and stiff string, and feedbacks compression forces of 0 to 600 Hz, i.e. from DC forces to high fidelity acoustic vibrations. The motors generate vibrations of up to 600Hz and the string transmits them. Comparing to existing devices, Hapbeat can generate powerful low frequency vibrations and transmit them to wide range of the user’s body in spite of its compact body. The user can feel air pressures of powerful low frequency sounds, high fidelity vibrations of acoustic instruments and hitting of strong smashes.

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    Yusuke Yamazaki, Hironori Mitake, and Shoichi Hasegawa. 2016. Tension-Based Wearable Vibroacoustic Device for Music Appreciation. In International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications. Springer, 273–283.

    Vibol Yem, Ryuta Okazaki, and Hiroyuki Kajimoto. 2016. Vibrotactile and pseudo force presentation using motor rotational acceleration. In 2016 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS). IEEE, 47–51.

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