How the Mechanical Properties and Thickness of Glass Affect TPaD Performance

Heng Xu*, Michael A. Peshkin, J. Edward Colgate

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Abstract

One well-known class of surface haptic devices that we have called Tactile Pattern Displays (TPaDs) uses ultrasonic transverse vibrations of a touch surface to modulate fingertip friction. This article addresses the power consumption of glass TPaDs, which is an important consideration in the context of mobile touchscreens. In particular, based on existing ultrasonic friction reduction models, we consider how the mechanical properties (density and Young's modulus) and thickness of commonly-used glass formulations affect TPaD performance, namely the relation between its friction reduction ability and its real power consumption. Experiments performed with eight types of TPaDs and an electromechanical model for the fingertip-TPaD system indicate: 1) TPaD performance decreases as glass thickness increases; 2) TPaD performance increases as the Young's modulus and density of glass decrease; and 3) real power consumption of a TPaD decreases as the contact force increases. Proper applications of these results can lead to significant increases in TPaD performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number9153158
Pages (from-to)483-492
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Haptics
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2020

Funding

Manuscript received December 13, 2019; revised May 22, 2020 and July 26, 2020; accepted July 28, 2020. Date of publication July 29, 2020; date of current version August 25, 2020. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant IIS-1518602. This article was recommended for publication by Editor-in-Chief L. Jones upon evaluation of the reviewers’ comments. (Corresponding author: Heng Xu.) The authors are with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, North-western University, Evanston, IL 60208-3111 USA (e-mail: hengxu2015@u. northwestern.edu; [email protected]; [email protected]). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TOH.2020.3013287

Keywords

  • TPaD.
  • Ultrasonic friction reduction
  • mechanical properties
  • power consumption
  • vibration velocity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Science Applications

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