Influence of haptic and visual displays on the estimation of virtual environment stiffness

W. K. Durfee; C. M. Hendrix; P. Cheng; G. Varughese

doi:10.1115/IMECE1997-0388

Influence of haptic and visual displays on the estimation of virtual environment stiffness

W. K. Durfee, C. M. Hendrix, P. Cheng, G. Varughese

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Human subject experiments were performed to determine the influence of a visual display on the perception of haptic spring stiffness. Seven subjects participated in an experiment where they were presented with two virtual springs and asked to determine which was stiffer. The virtual springs were represented through a graphics display which they watched and a haptic display which they explored with their fingers. The relative visual to haptic stiffness was varied over a range. The results demonstrated that when subjects made errors in haptic stiffness estimation (which they did approximately 41% of the time), those errors tended to follow visual rather than haptic cues, particularly when the visual to haptic stiffness mismatch was large (30-40%). The results suggest that in some cases, visual cues can be used in virtual environments to compensate for deficiencies in haptic displays.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Dynamic Systems and Control
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages	139-144
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791818244
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE1997-0388
State	Published - 1997
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - Dallas, TX, USA Duration: Nov 16 1997 → Nov 21 1997

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Name	ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume	1997-Q

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Other	Proceedings of the 1997 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
City	Dallas, TX, USA
Period	11/16/97 → 11/21/97

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Thisworkwassupported by a grant from the NationalScienceFoundation (NSF/MlP-9420394). Ms. Hendrixwassupported by a graduate fellowship throughtheCognitive Sciences Center at the Univer sityofMinnesotaand the National Science Founda tion(DMC8857851).

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Durfee, W. K., Hendrix, C. M., Cheng, P., & Varughese, G. (1997). Influence of haptic and visual displays on the estimation of virtual environment stiffness. In Dynamic Systems and Control (pp. 139-144). (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE); Vol. 1997-Q). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE1997-0388

Influence of haptic and visual displays on the estimation of virtual environment stiffness. / Durfee, W. K.; Hendrix, C. M.; Cheng, P. et al.
Dynamic Systems and Control. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997. p. 139-144 (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE); Vol. 1997-Q).

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Durfee, WK , Hendrix, CM, Cheng, P & Varughese, G 1997, Influence of haptic and visual displays on the estimation of virtual environment stiffness. in Dynamic Systems and Control. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), vol. 1997-Q, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), pp. 139-144, Proceedings of the 1997 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Dallas, TX, USA, 11/16/97. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE1997-0388

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