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Abstract | ||
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We propose an umbrella-like device called Funbrella that entertains people with many types of rain by focusing on an umbrella as a user interface that connects humans and rain. Generally, people experience rain with sound, sight, or sometimes smell; however, in our proposed system, we focus on the vibration perceived through an umbrella's handle so that people can feel the rain. We implemented a vibration-giving mechanism with an extremely simple structure based on a dynamic microphone and a dynamic speaker whose structures are almost identical. With this structure, Funbrella records the vibrations caused by raindrops and plays them. We implemented three applications: Crazy Rain, Tele-rain, and Minibrella. A questionnaire study about Crazy Rain application reveals that Funbrella is amusing enough for people regardless of age or gender because Funbrella accurately reproduces rain.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1145/1690388.1690400 | Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
replaying vibration,umbrella axis,haptic device,user interface,telecommunication,real time | Computer science,Sight,Human–computer interaction,Vibration,User interface,Haptic technology,Microphone | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
978-1-60558-864-3 | 4 | 1.02 |
References | Authors | |
11 | 9 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Kazuyuki Fujita | 1 | 34 | 16.15 |
| Yuichi Itoh | 2 | 423 | 45.98 |
| Ai Yoshida | 3 | 6 | 1.40 |
| Maya Ozaki | 4 | 10 | 2.17 |
| Tetsuya Kikukawa | 5 | 8 | 2.17 |
| Ryo Fukazawa | 6 | 13 | 2.58 |
| Kazuki Takashima | 7 | 180 | 29.89 |
| Yoshifumi Kitamura | 8 | 1040 | 117.66 |
| Fumio Kishino | 9 | 814 | 119.05 |