Design and Performance Analysis of a Skin-Stretcher Device for Urging Head Rotation

Takahide ITO; Yuichi NAKAMURA; Kazuaki KONDO; Espen KNOOP; Jonathan ROSSITER

doi:10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7184

Design and Performance Analysis of a Skin-Stretcher Device for Urging Head Rotation

Takahide ITO, Yuichi NAKAMURA, Kazuaki KONDO, Espen KNOOP, Jonathan ROSSITER

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This paper introduces a novel skin-stretcher device for gently urging head rotation. The device pulls and/or pushes the skin on the user's neck by using servo motors. The user is induced to rotate his/her head based on the sensation caused by the local stretching of skin. This mechanism informs the user when and how much the head rotation is requested; however it does not force head rotation, i.e., it allows the user to ignore the stimuli and to maintain voluntary movements. We implemented a prototype device and analyzed the performance of the skin stretcher as a human-in-the-loop system. Experimental results define its fundamental characteristics, such as input-output gain, settling time, and other dynamic behaviors. Features are analyzed, for example, input-output gain is stable within the same installation condition, but various between users.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E103-D No.11 pp.2314-2322

Publication Date: 2020/11/01

Publicized: 2020/08/03

Online ISSN: 1745-1361

DOI: 10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7184

Type of Manuscript: PAPER

Category: Human-computer Interaction

Authors

Takahide ITO
  Kyoto University
Yuichi NAKAMURA
  Kyoto University
Kazuaki KONDO
  Kyoto University
Espen KNOOP
  University of Bristol Merchant Venturers Building
Jonathan ROSSITER
  University of Bristol Merchant Venturers Building

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user interface, motion induction, skin stretcher, head rotation, human-in-the-loop system, motion analysis

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Takahide ITO, Yuichi NAKAMURA, Kazuaki KONDO, Espen KNOOP, Jonathan ROSSITER, "Design and Performance Analysis of a Skin-Stretcher Device for Urging Head Rotation" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information, vol. E103-D, no. 11, pp. 2314-2322, November 2020, doi: 10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7184.
Abstract: This paper introduces a novel skin-stretcher device for gently urging head rotation. The device pulls and/or pushes the skin on the user's neck by using servo motors. The user is induced to rotate his/her head based on the sensation caused by the local stretching of skin. This mechanism informs the user when and how much the head rotation is requested; however it does not force head rotation, i.e., it allows the user to ignore the stimuli and to maintain voluntary movements. We implemented a prototype device and analyzed the performance of the skin stretcher as a human-in-the-loop system. Experimental results define its fundamental characteristics, such as input-output gain, settling time, and other dynamic behaviors. Features are analyzed, for example, input-output gain is stable within the same installation condition, but various between users.
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