Open AccessSupporting Trembling Hand Typing Using Optical See-Through Mixed Reality
Author(s) -
Kai Wang,
Daisuke Iwai,
Kosuke Sato
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ieee access
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 2169-3536
DOI - 10.1109/access.2017.2711058
Subject(s) - aerospace , bioengineering , communication, networking and broadcast technologies , components, circuits, devices and systems , computing and processing , engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , engineering profession , fields, waves and electromagnetics , general topics for engineers , geoscience , nuclear engineering , photonics and electrooptics , power, energy and industry applications , robotics and control systems , signal processing and analysis , transportation
A tremor is an involuntary rhythmic shaking movement of the muscles, which reduces the precision of hand and finger movements. It is difficult for individuals with hand tremors to type accurately using small- and high-density targets, such as keyboard. This research proposes an optical see-through mixed reality system that reduces hand tremors so that the individual can type steadily. The system virtually stabilizes the individual’s hand tremors by optically overlapping the trembling hand with a stabilized virtual hand to produce a realistic typing sensation without any tremors. The simulation experiments proved that the system supports trembling hand typing. By comprehensively investigating both the objective (time and error ratios) and the subjective (the sense of ownership, agency, and pertinence) aspects, the system with a virtual:real intensity ratio of 0.75:0.25 was found to be optimal.
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