Transparent Tactile Switch for Touch Screen  Interface

Fumihito Arai; Naoya Iwata; Toshio Fukuda

doi:10.20965/jrm.2006.p0375

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JRM Vol.18 No.4 pp. 375-380

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0375

(2006)

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Transparent Tactile Switch for Touch Screen Interface

Fumihito Arai^*, Naoya Iwata^, and Toshio Fukuda^

^*Dept. of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, 6-6-01 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

^**Dept. of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, 1 Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

Received:

January 10, 2006

Accepted:

March 27, 2006

Published:

August 20, 2006

Keywords:

human machine interface, touch screen, tactile, transparent switch, click

Abstract

We designed and fabricated a transparent switch using silicone elastomer to create a tactile “click” on a generic touch screen. We ensured good visibility by introducing a solvent having the same reflective index as silicone in the gap between the cover and display. The “click,” produced by buckling, was evaluated quantitatively by measuring its keystroke and reaction on the key top. To enhance the click, we used a hard transparent plate on the silicone. We implemented the switch on a life supporting robot as a human-machine interface.

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F. Arai, N. Iwata, and T. Fukuda, “Transparent Tactile Switch for Touch Screen Interface,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.18 No.4, pp. 375-380, 2006.

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http://www.smk.co.jp/

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[12] [12] F. Arai, D. Tachibana, M. J. Jung, T. Fukuda, and Y. Hasegawa, “Development of Character Robots for Human-Robot Mutual Communication,” 2003 IEEE International Workshop of Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN2003), CD-ROM, 2003.

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[14] [14] JSME Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook, B1: Machine Elements and Tribology, p. 151, 1985 (in Japanese).

Transparent Tactile Switch for Touch Screen Interface

Fumihito Arai*, Naoya Iwata**, and Toshio Fukuda**

Fumihito Arai^*, Naoya Iwata^, and Toshio Fukuda^