EFFICIENT TACTOR FOR TACTILE AIDS

描述：触觉辅助设备的进展很可能受到以下因素的限制 目前的触摸器技术。所提出的旋转振荡器是一种 用于听障人士的新型振动-触觉传感器。这个 拉力器的致动器是一种马达，通常由一个 +/-7.5的角度0。拉力器的基本部件是表冠。 变速箱由悬挂在转子上的扁平弹簧叶片制成。 因为叶片是弯曲的，所以叶片运动的结果是 与蒙皮接触与转子有很大不同。切向 基本上减小了挠度并增加了法向分量， 从而产生中风和戳中皮肤的兴奋。这会产生一个 独特的刺激模式，可能会激活更多的 皮肤感受器通过包含压缩、拉伸 以及皮肤的压痕，所有这些都在一次划线内完成。这个 皇冠变速器还可以作为机械运动变压器在 转子和皮肤。结合电机的设计，非常的 将电能有效地转移到触觉刺激 已实现。

DESCRIPTION: The progress in tactile aids may well be limited by current tactor technology. The proposed roto-oscillating tactor is a novel vibro-tactile transducer for hearing impaired persons. The actuator of the tactor is a motor, roto-oscillating typically by an angle of +/- 7.5 0. The basic component of the tactor is a crown transmission made of flat-spring vanes cantilevered to the rotor. Because the vanes flex, the resulting vane motion at the point of contact with the skin is quite different from the rotor. Tangential deflection is substantially reduced and a normal component is added, thus producing both stroke and poke skin excitation. This produces a unique stimulation mode that probably activates a larger population of cutaneous skin receptors by virtue of inclusion of compression, tension as well as indentation of the skin, all within a single stroke. The crown transmission also acts as mechanical motion transformers between the rotor and the skin. Combined with the motor design a very efficient transfer of electrical energy to tactile stimulation is achieved.