Title
Electrotactile touch surface by using transparent graphene
Abstract
In this work we present a flexible Electrostatic Tactile (ET) surface/display realized by using new emerging material graphene. The graphene is transparent conductor which successfully replaces previous solution based on indium-thin oxide (ITO) and delivers more reliable solution for flexible and bendable displays. The electrostatic tactile surface is capable of delivering programmable, location specific tactile textures. The ET device has an area of 25 cm2, and consists of 130 μm thin optically transparent (76%) and mechanically flexible structure overlaid unobtrusively on top of a display. The ET system exploits electro vibration phenomena to enable on-demand control of the frictional force between the user's fingertip and the device surface. The ET device is integrated through a controller on a mobile display platform to generate fully programmable range of stimulating signals. The ET haptic feedback is formed in accordance with the visual information displayed underneath, with the magnitude and pattern of the frictional force correlated with both the images and the coordinates of the actual touch in real time forming virtual textures on the display surface (haptic virtual silhouette). To quantify rate of change in friction force we performed a dynamic friction coefficient measurement with a system involving an artificial finger mimicking the actual touch. During operation, the dynamic friction between the ET surface and an artificial finger stimulation increases by 26% when the load is 0.8 N and by 24% when the load is 1 N.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2331714.2331733
VRIC
Keywords
Field
DocType
electrostatic tactile surface,et system,device surface,electrotactile touch surface,frictional force,et device,actual touch,display surface,et haptic feedback,et surface,transparent graphene,bendable display,real time,form factor,rate of change,haptic feedback
Control theory,Graphene,Friction force,Silhouette,Dynamical friction,Acoustics,Vibration,Materials science,Haptic technology,Conductor
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.48
1
Authors
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Z. Radivojevic1112.07
P. Beecher240.48
C. Bower340.48
S. Haque4212.98
P. Andrew5212.65
T. Hasan6212.65
F. Bonaccorso740.48
A. C. Ferrari8233.80
B. Henson940.48