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The research leading to these results has received funding from the following entities: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under grant TIN2017-83132-C2-1-R (VIANA), as well as from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under the Specific Grant Agreements No. 785907 (Human Brain Project SGA2) and 945539 (Human Brain Project SGA3).

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September 27, 2022
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Improving the Discriminability of Haptic Icons: The Haptic Tuning Fork

Publicated to:Applied Sciences-Basel. 11 (18): 8772- - 2021-09-01 11(18), DOI: 10.3390/app11188772

Authors: Raya, Laura; Boga, Sara A; Garcia-Lorenzo, Marcos; Bayona, Sofia

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SPA Studios, Madrid 28023, Spain - Author
Univ Camilo Jose Cela, Ctr Univ Tecnol & Arte Digital, Dept Ingn, Madrid 28290, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Ciencias Comp Arquitectura Comp Lenguajes &, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Informat, Campus Mostoles, Madrid 28933, Spain - Author
UPM, Ctr Computat & Simulat, Madrid 28223, Spain - Author

Abstract

Technological advances enable the capture and management of complex data sets that need to be correctly understood. Visualisation techniques can help in complex data analysis and exploration, but sometimes the visual channel is not enough, or it is not always available. Some authors propose using the haptic channel to reinforce or substitute the visual sense, but the limited human haptic short-term memory still poses a challenge. We present the haptic tuning fork, a reference signal displayed before the haptic information for increasing the discriminability of haptic icons. With this reference, the user does not depend only on short-term memory. We have decided to evaluate the usefulness of the haptic tuning fork in impedance kinesthetic devices as these are the most common. Furthermore, since the renderable signal ranges are device-dependent, we introduce a methodology to select a discriminable set of signals called the haptic scale. Both the haptic tuning fork and the haptic scale proved their usefulness in the performed experiments regarding haptic stimuli varying in frequency.

Keywords

Haptic perceptionHaptic techniqueHuman-computer interfaceMultimodalPerceptionVisualisation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 39/92, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Engineering (Miscellaneous).

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-02:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Bayona Beriso, Sofía).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been García Lorenzo, Marcos José.