Perception-based lossy haptic compression considerations for velocity-based interactions |
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| Authors: | Mehrdad Hosseini Zadeh David Wang Eric Kubica |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1;(2) Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1 |
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| Abstract: | The ability of technology to transmit multi-media is very dependent on compression techniques. In particular lossy compression
has been used in image compression (jpeg) audio compression (mp3) and video compression (mpg) to allow the transmission of
audio and video over broadband network connections. Recently the sense of touch or haptics is becoming more important with
its addition in computer games or in cruder applications such as vibrations in a cell phone. As haptic technology improves
the ability to transmit compressed force sensations becomes more critical. Most lossy audio and visual compression techniques
rely on the lack of sensitivity in humans to pick up detailed information in certain scenarios. Similarly limitations in the
sensitivity of human touch could be exploited to create haptic models with much less detail and thus requiring smaller bandwidth.
The focus of this paper is on the force thresholds of the human haptic system that can be used in a psychophysically motivated
lossy haptic (force) compression technique. Most of the research in this field has measured the just noticeable difference
(JND) of the human haptic system with a human user in static interaction with a stationary rigid object. In this paper our
focus involves cases where the human user or the object are in relative motion. An example of such an application would be
the haptic rendering of the user’s hand in contact with of a high-viscous material or interacting with a highly deformable
object. Thus an approach is presented to measure the force threshold based on the velocity of the user’s hand motion. Two
experiments are conducted to detect the absolute force threshold (AFT) of the human haptic system using methodologies from
the field of psychophysics. The AFTs are detected for three different ranges of velocity of the user’s hand motion. This study
implies that when a user’s hand is in motion fewer haptic details are required to be stored calculated or transmitted. Finally
the implications of this study on a more complete future study will be discussed.
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| Keywords: | Perception Psychophysics Haptics Force Compression Velocity |
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