A Feasibility Study of Force Feedback using Computer-Mouse

2018

Conference Paper

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This paper is aimed at measuring the capacity to feedback haptic information by means of a standard computer mouse as a passive input device and visual feedback by a visual display. The main objective of this paper is to conduct a psychophysical experiment considering the theoretical hypothesis and compare the results with that of similar studies in the literature. A psychophysical experiment was conducted on eight subjects using the 'Two Alternative Forced Choice Constant (2AFC) Stimuli stiffness discrimination' method. The JND and Weber Fraction were calculated for each subject. To analyze the results, we determined the Response Matrix, Psychometric Function, JND and Weber Fraction. The average JND for 8 subjects was found to be 0.14 and the average Weber fraction is 9.54%. The Weber fraction value for our experiment is comparable to that of similar experiments in the literature. Our proposed technique can be used to enhance the user experience in computer gaming, Mobile Operating Software, and virtual training simulators for various clinical operations.

@conference{Gourishetti18-NAOP-Feasibility,
  title = {A Feasibility Study of Force Feedback using Computer-Mouse},
  author = {Kumar, Ashok and Gourishetti, Ravali and Manivannan, M.},
  pages = {1--6},
  month = dec,
  year = {2018},
  doi = {},
  month_numeric = {12}
}