Mechanical force redistribution floor tiles

Alex Grau; Arti Karkar; Charles Hendee; Michael Cole; Huapeng Su; Ken Perlin

doi:10.1145/2559206.2574767

Mechanical force redistribution floor tiles

Alex Grau, Arti Karkar, Charles Hendee, Michael Cole, Huapeng Su, Ken Perlin

Computer Science

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Abstract

We present Mechanical Force Redistribution (MFR) Floor Tiles: a method of sensing which creates a seamless, anti-aliased image of forces applied to a floor. This technique mechanically focuses the force from a surface onto adjacent discrete forcels (force sensing cells) by way of protrusions (small bumps or pegs), allowing for high-accuracy interpolation between adjacent discrete forcels. By minimizing active materials and computational complexity, MFR makes large-format floor tiles possible and economically feasible.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2014
Subtitle of host publication	One of a ChiNd - Extended Abstracts, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	595-598
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450324748
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2574767
State	Published - 2014
Event	32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2014 - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: Apr 26 2014 → May 1 2014

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Other	32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto, ON
Period	4/26/14 → 5/1/14

Keywords

Floors
Force
Input device
Large format
Mechanical force redistribution
Pressure
Sensor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Grau, A., Karkar, A., Hendee, C., Cole, M., Su, H., & Perlin, K. (2014). Mechanical force redistribution floor tiles. In CHI EA 2014: One of a ChiNd - Extended Abstracts, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 595-598). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2574767

Mechanical force redistribution floor tiles. / Grau, Alex; Karkar, Arti; Hendee, Charles et al.
CHI EA 2014: One of a ChiNd - Extended Abstracts, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. p. 595-598 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Grau, A, Karkar, A, Hendee, C, Cole, M, Su, H & Perlin, K 2014, Mechanical force redistribution floor tiles. in CHI EA 2014: One of a ChiNd - Extended Abstracts, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 595-598, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4/26/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2574767

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