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HapStep: A Novel Method to Sense Footsteps While Remaining Seated Using Longitudinal Friction on the Sole of the Foot

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Abstract

In recent years, a lot of locomotion devices have been developed. However, most locomotion devices require the user to do a walking motion while the user is standing. In this study, we represented the walking sensation while remaining seated by representing the footsteps sensation using longitudinal friction force on the sole of the foot. We developed a haptic device (HapStep) to present the friction force on the sole of the foot and constructed the system that represents the walking sensation in accordance with the motion of the character in the virtual space.

Keywords

  • Virtual reality
  • Haptic device
  • Force rendering
  • Tactile feedback
  • Walking sensation

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP15K12082 and JP15K12083.

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  1. Graduate School of Information Science and Technologies, Osaka University, 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Ginga Kato, Yoshihiro Kuroda, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa & Haruo Takemura

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  1. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    Shoichi Hasegawa

  2. Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

    Masashi Konyo

  3. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Ki-Uk Kyung

  4. The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

    Takuya Nojima

  5. The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kajimoto

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Kato, G., Kuroda, Y., Kiyokawa, K., Takemura, H. (2018). HapStep: A Novel Method to Sense Footsteps While Remaining Seated Using Longitudinal Friction on the Sole of the Foot. In: Hasegawa, S., Konyo, M., Kyung, KU., Nojima, T., Kajimoto, H. (eds) Haptic Interaction. AsiaHaptics 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 432. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4157-0_18

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