<p>Understanding the limitations of haptic perception in humans is critical for the successful design of effective haptic feedback systems, however, it is unclear how perceived discrimination thresholds relate to specific qualitative perceptual attributes. In this work, it was aimed to estimate quantitative perceptual discrimination thresholds for six qualitative attributes of whole-body vibration, which included “weak”, “up-and-down”, “tingling”, “repetitive”, “even”, and “fading”. A series of experiments were conducted using a multimodal vibration platform and an electrodynamic shaker, where participants performed a magnitude estimation task that systematically varied physical parameters (intensity, frequency, modulation, decay rate) from reference measures to assess perceived discrimination thresholds, testing each attribute separately. Unique and attribute-specific relationships between physical parameters and perceptual insights were found. Key findings include a consistent just-noticable difference in level threshold (<InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(JNDL_{\pm }\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) of <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\le\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> 2 dB for the “weak” attribute, a lower frequency threshold (<InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(JNDF_-\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) between 10 - 20 Hz for “tingling” (at a 120 Hz reference) and <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\le\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> 5 Hz (at a 30 Hz reference) for “up-and-down”, a lower modulation frequency threshold (<InlineEquation ID="IEq5"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(JNDF_-\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) between 0.2 - 0.4 Hz for “repetitive” (at a 2.4 Hz reference), a lower bandwidth threshold (<InlineEquation ID="IEq6"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(JNDF_-\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) between 1 - 2 Hz for “even” (at a 3 Hz reference), and a threshold (<InlineEquation ID="IEq7"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(JND_+\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) of <InlineEquation ID="IEq8"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\le\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> 0.5 for the decay rate <InlineEquation ID="IEq9"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\delta\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> (at a 0.5 reference) for “fading”. The findings represent quantitative evidence to establish a framework for relating specific physical signal parameters to qualitative perceptual attributes and also inform the design of perceptually aligned haptic systems that match haptic feedback to human sensory limits.</p>

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Investigating perceptual discrimination thresholds for attributes of whole-body vibration

  • Berkay Kullukcu,
  • Jonas Krautwurm,
  • Sebastian Merchel,
  • Robert Rosenkranz,
  • Ercan Altinsoy

摘要

Understanding the limitations of haptic perception in humans is critical for the successful design of effective haptic feedback systems, however, it is unclear how perceived discrimination thresholds relate to specific qualitative perceptual attributes. In this work, it was aimed to estimate quantitative perceptual discrimination thresholds for six qualitative attributes of whole-body vibration, which included “weak”, “up-and-down”, “tingling”, “repetitive”, “even”, and “fading”. A series of experiments were conducted using a multimodal vibration platform and an electrodynamic shaker, where participants performed a magnitude estimation task that systematically varied physical parameters (intensity, frequency, modulation, decay rate) from reference measures to assess perceived discrimination thresholds, testing each attribute separately. Unique and attribute-specific relationships between physical parameters and perceptual insights were found. Key findings include a consistent just-noticable difference in level threshold ( \(JNDL_{\pm }\) ) of \(\le\) 2 dB for the “weak” attribute, a lower frequency threshold ( \(JNDF_-\) ) between 10 - 20 Hz for “tingling” (at a 120 Hz reference) and \(\le\) 5 Hz (at a 30 Hz reference) for “up-and-down”, a lower modulation frequency threshold ( \(JNDF_-\) ) between 0.2 - 0.4 Hz for “repetitive” (at a 2.4 Hz reference), a lower bandwidth threshold ( \(JNDF_-\) ) between 1 - 2 Hz for “even” (at a 3 Hz reference), and a threshold ( \(JND_+\) ) of \(\le\) 0.5 for the decay rate \(\delta\) (at a 0.5 reference) for “fading”. The findings represent quantitative evidence to establish a framework for relating specific physical signal parameters to qualitative perceptual attributes and also inform the design of perceptually aligned haptic systems that match haptic feedback to human sensory limits.