Paper Info
Title
Estimation of Fingertip Contact Force by Measuring Skin Deformation and Posture with Photo-reflective Sensors
Abstract
A wearable device for measuring skin deformation of the fingertip---to obtain contact force when the finger touches an object---was prototyped and experimentally evaluated. The device is attached to the fingertip and uses multiple photo-reflective sensors (PRSs) to measures the distance from the PRSs to the side surface of the fingertip. The sensors do not touch the contact surface between the fingertip and the object; as a result, the contact force is obtained without changing the user's tactile sensation. In addition, the accuracy of estimated contact force was improved by determining the posture of the fingertip by measuring the distance between the fingertip and the contact surface. Based on the prototyped device, a system for estimating three-dimensional contact force on the fingertip was implemented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3311823.3311824
Proceedings of the 10th Augmented Human International Conference 2019
Keywords
Field
DocType
force sensing, photo-reflective sensor, wearable device
Computer vision,Wearable computer,Computer science,Contact force,Artificial intelligence,Deformation (mechanics)
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-6547-5
2
0.41
References 
Authors
11
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ayane Saito120.75
Wakaba Kuno220.75
Wataru Kawai321.43
Natsuki Miyata420523.33
Yuta Sugiura535746.94