Conveying Language through a Multi-sensory Haptic Device

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Malley, Marcia Ken_US
dc.creatorDunkelberger, Nathanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T18:41:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-11-01T05:01:19Zen_US
dc.date.created2019-05en_US
dc.date.issued2019-04-18en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2019en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T18:41:35Zen_US
dc.description.abstractCommunication is a valuable resource that is a part of everyone's life. However, there are many cases where the resource of communication is not available, either due to saturation or impairment of the typical auditory or visual communication channels. Haptics, or the sense of touch, provides an alternative to these traditional channels. Furthermore, multi-sensory haptics provides the potential of displaying large amounts of haptic information in a small form factor by providing different types of tactile information. In this thesis, a multi-sensory haptic device is presented which uses lateral skin stretch, radial squeeze, and vibration components. In a cue identification task, the multi-sensory device performed better than a single-sensory device, encouraging the use of multi-sensory devices for language transmission. The device was then used for language transmission and subjects learned to understand English through the presentation of phonemes as haptic cues through a 100 minute training protocol.en_US
dc.embargo.terms2019-11-01en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationDunkelberger, Nathan. "Conveying Language through a Multi-sensory Haptic Device." (2019) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105945">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105945</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105945en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectwearable hapticsen_US
dc.subjectlanguage communicationen_US
dc.subjectmulti-sensory hapticsen_US
dc.subjecttactile deviceen_US
dc.subjectphoneme codingen_US
dc.titleConveying Language through a Multi-sensory Haptic Deviceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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