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Although smaller and thinner ultrasonic mid-air haptic phased arrays are important to business-to-consumer applications, large-scale phased arrays are exploring the possibility of powerful mid-air haptics. For research applications to ultimately “hack” the entire ultrasonic field of a room or public environment, large array operations are inevitable. In this chapter, after the advantages and disadvantages of employing large-scale arrays are summarized, we present an implementation of a scalable phased array unit that can be installed in a distributed fashion and some of its potential applications.
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Inoue, S., Suzuki, S., Shinoda, H. (2022). Multiunit Phased Array System for Flexible Workspace. In: Georgiou, O., Frier, W., Freeman, E., Pacchierotti, C., Hoshi, T. (eds) Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04043-6_10
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