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Towards Enhancing Spatial Awareness through Electrical Muscle Stimulation

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Vimal Darius Seetohul,

Matthias BöhmerAuthors Info & Claims

EICS '21: Companion of the 2021 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3459926.3464750

Published: 08 June 2021 Publication History

Abstract

With advances of new technologies there is a growing interest in augmenting human senses with sensory information. This paper aims at using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) to support sensing the proximity of objects. We propose a concept relating distance to properties of electrical muscle stimulation. Our study provides first evidence that our approach can be used to convey information on the proximity of objects to users of the EMS system. We report on the correlations between a simulated proximity and the proximity felt based on EMS. Based on this we propose fields of applications which can benefit from such a system. Our approach can be used where people need to be notified with regard to spatial information, e.g., dangerous objects approaching from behind.

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Sobitha Ahila SRasi DDhavamani LRabiyathul Bachiriya MPrasanna Lakshmi GVimala Devi K(2024)Inclusion of Kinesthetics feedback with vision to improve the control of neural activity of the primary motor cortexMeasurement: Sensors10.1016/j.measen.2024.101276(101276)Online publication date: Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measen.2024.101276
Tanaka YTakahashi ALopes P(2023)Interactive Benefits from Switching Electrical to Magnetic Muscle StimulationProceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3586183.3606812(1-12)Online publication date: 29-Oct-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3586183.3606812
Faltaous SKoelle MSchneegass S(2022)From Perception to Action: A Review and Taxonomy on Electrical Muscle Stimulation in HCIProceedings of the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3568444.3568460(159-171)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3568444.3568460

Towards Enhancing Spatial Awareness through Electrical Muscle Stimulation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices

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Sobitha Ahila SRasi DDhavamani LRabiyathul Bachiriya MPrasanna Lakshmi GVimala Devi K(2024)Inclusion of Kinesthetics feedback with vision to improve the control of neural activity of the primary motor cortexMeasurement: Sensors10.1016/j.measen.2024.101276(101276)Online publication date: Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measen.2024.101276
Tanaka YTakahashi ALopes P(2023)Interactive Benefits from Switching Electrical to Magnetic Muscle StimulationProceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3586183.3606812(1-12)Online publication date: 29-Oct-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3586183.3606812
Faltaous SKoelle MSchneegass S(2022)From Perception to Action: A Review and Taxonomy on Electrical Muscle Stimulation in HCIProceedings of the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3568444.3568460(159-171)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3568444.3568460

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