NDLI: Active bioacoustic measurement for human-to-human skin contact area detection

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Author	Nakatsuma, K. Takedomi, R. Eguchi, T. Oshima, Y. Torigoe, I.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Intell. Mech. Syst., Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan (Nakatsuma, K.; Takedomi, R.; Eguchi, T.; Oshima, Y.; Torigoe, I.)
Abstract	This paper describes a method to acquire the human-to-human skin contact area quantitatively. "Touch" is human's fundamental communication and is reckoned to have positive effects physically and emotionally. Indeed, physical stimulation is applied for clinical treatments for mental disorders. However, there is no existing technique to quantitatively measure the amount of touch (area, position, time length, etc.). Our method employs an active bioacoustics measurement technique to quantify the skin-to-skin contact area. A proposed system consists of a vibration unit and a sensing unit. A couple of users wear the units respectively. When they touch with each other, acoustic (elastic) waves propagate through their bodies via the skin contact zone. We consider that the amplitude of the waves which reach the sensing unit depends on the contact zone area. A result of our fundamental experiment supports our expectation.
Sponsorship	IEEE
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	4
File Size	1365486
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
e-ISBN	9781479982035
DOI	10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370188
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-11-01
Publisher Place	South Korea
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Skin Robot sensing systems Vibrations Force Wrist Acoustics bioacoustic sensing skin-to-skin contact contact area sensing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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