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Single-Actuator Simultaneous Haptic Rendering for Multiple Vital Signs

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Abstract

Haptic displays have been investigated as a possible way to reduce the effects of alarm fatigue in clinical environments. Previous displays have employed multiple vibrotactile actuators, using the spatial dimension to aid in conveying information of a number of vital signs. However, inspired by prior work investigating multidimensional tactons, we wished to examine the effectiveness of a single actuator to communicate information regarding multiple vital signs simultaneously. The results of our evaluation suggest that this is not only feasible, but that with a carefully designed encoding strategy, we may be able obtain perception performance comparable to that achievable with multi-actuator displays.

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  • Single actuator
  • Haptic chord
  • Simultaneous signals

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We would like to thank Joseph J. Schlesinger and Parisa Alirezaee for their time and advice throughout this project.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Juliette Regimbal, Nusaiba Radi, Antoine Weill–Duflos & Jeremy R. Cooperstock

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Regimbal, J., Radi, N., Weill–Duflos, A., Cooperstock, J.R. (2020). Single-Actuator Simultaneous Haptic Rendering for Multiple Vital Signs. In: Stephanidis, C., Kurosu, M., Degen, H., Reinerman-Jones, L. (eds) HCI International 2020 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality and Intelligence. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12424. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60117-1_19

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