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Towards on-line fingertip bio-impedance identification for enhancement of electro-tactile rendering

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Yantao ShenAuthors Info & Claims

IROS'09: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ international conference on Intelligent robots and systems

Pages 3685 - 3690

Published: 10 October 2009 Publication History

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Research in rehabilitation engineering shows that electrodes can produce tactile sensations with appropriate electrical signals tailored to stimulate the multiple tactile receptors located under the fingertip skin. However, electrical stimulation that is suitable in terms of current or voltage level for tactile sensations experienced from an individual cannot be guaranteed for every user; the dynamic range is largely dependent on the user. An identification method is then necessary for characterizing the parameters of the skin-electrode interface circuit model as to improve rendering consistency and comfort for every user regardless of skin condition. In this paper, we focus on developing a custom-built electro-tactile display terminal for data collection and an identification method to determine the individual bio-impedance parameters based on the well-known skin-electrode interface circuit model: the Cole-Cole circuit model. The goal of this work is to develop an on-line identification and stimulation current control approach for enhancement of electro-tactile-based rendering in applications such as rehabilitation, sensory substitution, telepresence, etc.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-662-54395-5_5
Kajimoto H(2010)Electro-tactile display with real-time impedance feedbackProceedings of the 2010 international conference on Haptics: generating and perceiving tangible sensations, Part I10.5555/1884164.1884208(285-291)Online publication date: 8-Jul-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1884164.1884208
Kajimoto H(2010)Electro-tactile Display with Real-Time Impedance FeedbackProceedings, Part I, of the International Conference on Haptics: Generating and Perceiving Tangible Sensations - Volume 619110.1007/978-3-642-14064-8_41(285-291)Online publication date: 8-Jul-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-14064-8_41

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Hu XLu XSun H(2017)The Wearable Tactile Information Expression System Based on Electrotactile RenderingLNCS on Transactions on Edutainment XIII - Volume 1009210.1007/978-3-662-54395-5_5(46-53)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-662-54395-5_5
Kajimoto H(2010)Electro-tactile display with real-time impedance feedbackProceedings of the 2010 international conference on Haptics: generating and perceiving tangible sensations, Part I10.5555/1884164.1884208(285-291)Online publication date: 8-Jul-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1884164.1884208
Kajimoto H(2010)Electro-tactile Display with Real-Time Impedance FeedbackProceedings, Part I, of the International Conference on Haptics: Generating and Perceiving Tangible Sensations - Volume 619110.1007/978-3-642-14064-8_41(285-291)Online publication date: 8-Jul-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-14064-8_41

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