Title
Geodesic Spline Interface for Haptic Curve Rendering
Abstract
Several haptic devices have been developed in recent years in order to reproduce the sensation of physical contact with virtual objects. Many of these devices are point-based, and some haptic interfaces behave like small surfaces that conform to a virtual shape. None of these allow a full-hand contact with the shape, and they are, in general, too small to render big surfaces. The simulation of tasks, such as the exploration of aesthetic surfaces made by industrial designers in order to check the quality of prototypes, require full-hand contact with the shape on a one-to-one scaled representation of the object. These explorations follow trajectories that can be approximated with planar or geodesic curves. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a linear haptic device that is able to render these trajectories. The device is part of a multimodal system including stereoscopic visualization that allows visual representation of the entire surface. Industrial designers use the system for checking the quality of shapes while exploiting their manual and visual skills. The system has been tested by industrial designers and the results are reported in this paper.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/TOH.2011.1
Haptics, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
data visualisation,differential geometry,haptic interfaces,rendering (computer graphics),splines (mathematics),virtual prototyping,geodesic curve,geodesic spline interface,haptic curve rendering,haptic interface,industrial design,linear haptic device,multimodal system,planar curve,stereoscopic visualization,virtual prototyping,visual representation,Haptic strip,curve rendering,industrial design.,mixed reality,multimodal interfaces,virtual prototyping
Spline (mathematics),Computer vision,Data visualization,Computer graphics (images),Visualization,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Mixed reality,Rendering (computer graphics),Geodesic,Haptic technology,Virtual prototyping
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4
2
1939-1412
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.63
11
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Monica Bordegoni116334.45
Francesco Ferrise2288.37
Mario Covarrubias3235.23
Michele Antolini4243.05