{"title":"Magnetic Field Based Near Surface Haptic and Pointing Interface","authors":"Kasun Karunanayaka, Sanath Siriwardana, Chamari Edirisinghe, Ryohei Nakatsu, PonnampalamGopalakrishnakone","volume":72,"journal":"International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering","pagesStart":1671,"pagesEnd":1678,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/6828","abstract":"
In this paper, we are presenting a new type of pointing interface for computers which provides mouse functionalities with near surface haptic feedback. Further, it can be configured as a haptic display where users may feel the basic geometrical shapes in the GUI by moving the finger on top of the device surface. These functionalities are achieved by tracking three dimensional positions of the neodymium magnet using Hall Effect sensors grid and generating like polarity haptic feedback using an electromagnet array. This interface brings the haptic sensations to the 3D space where previously it is felt only on top of the buttons of the haptic mouse implementations.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Maria Virvou and Katerina Kabassi. 2002. Reasoning about\r\nusers'actions in a graphical user interface. Hum.-Comput. Interact. 17, 4\r\n(December 2002), 369-398.\r\n[2] Kasun Karunanayaka, Jerey Tzu Kwan Valino Koh, Eishem Bilal Naik,\r\nand Adrian David Cheok, \"Hall Effect Sensing Input and Like Polarity\r\nHaptic Feedback in the Liquid Interface System\", in Proceedings of the\r\ninternational joint conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI -11.\r\nAmsterdam, Netherlands, 2011.\r\n[3] Arduino. Arduino. (Online). http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\/en\/\r\n[4] Weiss, M., Wacharamanotham, C., Voelker, S., and Borchers, J. 2011.\r\nFingerFlux: near-surface haptic feedback on tabletops. In Proceedings of\r\nthe 24th Annual ACM Symposium on User interface Software and\r\nTechnology (Santa Barbara, California, USA, October 16 - 19, 2011).\r\nUIST '11. ACM, New York, NY, 615-620.\r\n[5] Tactile Explorer, (Online). http:\/\/www.tactile-world.com\/\r\n[6] El Saddik, A., Orozco, M., Eid, M., Cha, J., Haptics Technologies\r\nBringing Touch to Multimedia, Series: Springer Series on Touch and\r\nHaptic Systems, 2011\r\n[7] Magnetech Corporation. Magnetech Corporation. (Online).\r\nhttp:\/\/www.magnetechcorp.com\/Opposite_Pole.htm\r\n[8] Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, Definition: duty cycle, 1996.\r\n[9] MOSFETs, (Online). http:\/\/www.falstad.com\/circuit\/e-nmosfet.html","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 72, 2012"}