ActivEarring: Spatiotemporal Haptic Cues on the Ears
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ActivEarring : Spatiotemporal Haptic Cues on the Ears. / Lee, Minkyeong; Je, Seungwoo; Lee, Woojin; Ashbrook, Daniel; Bianchi, Andrea.
In: IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2019, p. 554 - 562.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - ActivEarring
T2 - Spatiotemporal Haptic Cues on the Ears
AU - Lee, Minkyeong
AU - Je, Seungwoo
AU - Lee, Woojin
AU - Ashbrook, Daniel
AU - Bianchi, Andrea
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The symmetric configuration and the sensitivity of ears in addition to the long tradition of earrings as adornment open up the possibility for smart ear-worn devices. Taking advantage of these attributes, past research mostly focused on creating novel unobtrusive sensing input devices and auditory displays placed on the ear. Meanwhile, the tactile sensitivity of the ear has long been overshadowed by its auditory capacity, presenting the opportunity to investigate how ears can be exploited for unobtrusive tactile information transfer. With three studies and a total of 38 participants, we suggest the design of ActivEarring, a ear-worn device capable of imparting information by stimulating six different locations on both ears. We evaluated the performance of ActivEarring in a semi-realistic mobile condition and its practical use for information transfer with spatiotemporal patterns. Finally, we demonstrate that ActivEarring can be incorporated in common jewelry design, and present three applications that illustrate promising usage scenarios.
AB - The symmetric configuration and the sensitivity of ears in addition to the long tradition of earrings as adornment open up the possibility for smart ear-worn devices. Taking advantage of these attributes, past research mostly focused on creating novel unobtrusive sensing input devices and auditory displays placed on the ear. Meanwhile, the tactile sensitivity of the ear has long been overshadowed by its auditory capacity, presenting the opportunity to investigate how ears can be exploited for unobtrusive tactile information transfer. With three studies and a total of 38 participants, we suggest the design of ActivEarring, a ear-worn device capable of imparting information by stimulating six different locations on both ears. We evaluated the performance of ActivEarring in a semi-realistic mobile condition and its practical use for information transfer with spatiotemporal patterns. Finally, we demonstrate that ActivEarring can be incorporated in common jewelry design, and present three applications that illustrate promising usage scenarios.
KW - digital jewelry
KW - Ear
KW - haptics
KW - smart earring
KW - spatiotemporal patterns
KW - wearable
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074860040&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TOH.2019.2925799
DO - 10.1109/TOH.2019.2925799
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31265405
AN - SCOPUS:85074860040
VL - 12
SP - 554
EP - 562
JO - IEEE Transactions on Haptics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Haptics
SN - 1939-1412
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 230481635