
Turning Connectivity into an Emotional Experience
We live in an age where everything is connected, and haptic technologies will drive the creation of realistic experiences in a digital world. For example, when you touch a photo or a video displayed on your tablet’s screen, an actuator inside the device responds with forces and vibrations, giving you the sensation of actually touching the object shown.
Hoping to spread the medium of tactile sensing in society
Takashige Sasaki
Piezo & Protection Devices BG
TDK Corporation
TDK’s PiezoHapt™ is equipped with a piezoelectric element that produces vibration and force when voltage is applied. This ultra-thin vibration unit is able to deliver wide-ranging tactile feedback with low voltage.
Since a person’s sense of touch is extremely delicate, a fast response is essential for devices in which the display feels uneven. The PiezoHapt™ responds instantaneously and enables sensitive expression transmitting the sense of touch. A car driver can understand their actions on the control panel, like whether a dial has been rotated or a switch pushed, intuitively without looking down at the display and so can keep their eyes on the road and drive with peace of mind.
Furthermore, by combining with sound, people with vision disabilities could operate touch panels in convenience stores, for example, without any problem. Tactile feedback technology has wide-ranging potential. Let’s hope this medium of tactile sensing spreads in society!
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