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Virtual Prototyping of Tactile Displays
Start date:2013-05-01
End date:2017-04-30
Project Acronym:PROTOTOUCH
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | |
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Name:May |
Edgbaston BIRMINGHAM UNITED KINGDOM Region:WEST MIDLANDS |
| Tel:+44-1214158202 | |
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| URL:http://www.bham.ac.uk | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
It is estimated that touch screen module revenues will reach 23.9 billion by 2017. These user interfaces have become one of the most common input devices for digital media, e.g. in mobile phones and computers. Current devices incorporate relatively primitive vibrotactile haptic-feedback. The aim of PROTOTOUCH is to develop tactile displays with high fidelity haptic recognition, so that buttons would press and release like those on a real keyboard, for example, which would considerably enhance the user performance, ease of use and user experience of touch screens. Compared to visual and audio rendering, this is an immense technological challenge, particularly given the practical constraints such as cost, power and size etc. PROTOTOUCH will train 11 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and 4 Experienced Researchers (ERs) as a new cohort of researchers that will adopt a radically new approach to overcome the immense development challenges in the design of next generation TDs. The focus of the training will be on (a) the exploitation of the biological processes that evoke the sense of touch, (b) the application of advanced numerical techniques, such as multiscale multiphysics virtual prototyping and information processing, and (c) the translation of innovative technology into commercially viable mass-market and niche products. The ITN will involve a study of the mechanical interactions between a finger pad and a tactile display, the peripheral and central neural response that is evoked and the tactile perception of the subject. The neuromechanical interactions will form the basis of virtual prototyping. The human and virtual data will be analysed using advanced information techniques to delineate the factors that govern the performance of the displays and thus guide the design and optimisation of virtual prototypes prior to fabrication and testing.
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Project Details
Start date:2013-05-01
End date:2017-04-30
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:317100
Project cost:4061242 EURO
Project Funding:4061242 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-PEOPLE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Marie-Curie Action: "Initial Training Networks"
Contract type:Networks for Initial Training (ITN)
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Subject index:Life Sciences
Other participants
| Organization name:UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN | |
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Name:Jean-louis |
Place De L'Universite 1 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:RÉGION WALLONNE BRABANT WALLON |
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| Organization name:SWANSEA UNIVERSITY | |
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Name:Julie |
SINGLETON PARK SWANSEA UNITED KINGDOM Region:WALES GWENT, MID-SOUTH-WEST GLAMORGAN West Glamorgan |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6 | |
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Name:Ella |
Place Jussieu 4 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-144279777 | |
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| Organization name:SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA (SUPSI) | |
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Name:Carlo |
RESIDENZA GOVERNATIVA BELLINZONA SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA Region:TICINO |
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| Organization name:GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET | |
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Name:Ellen |
Vasaparken 100 GOETEBORG SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE VÄSTSVERIGE Göteborgs och Bohus län |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE - LILLE I | |
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Name:Muriel |
CITE SCIENTIFIQUE VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ FRANCE Region: |
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| Organization name:STMICROELECTRONICS CROLLES 2 SAS | |
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Name:Fabrice |
RUE JEAN MONNET 850 000 CROLLES FRANCE Region:CENTRE-EST RHÔNE-ALPES Isère |
| Tel:+33-158077988 | |
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| URL:http://www.st.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:METEC INGENIEUR-AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTMEDIZINTECHNIK-FEINWERKTECHNIK AG | |
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Name:Uwe |
HASENBERGSTRASSE 31 STUTTGART DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG STUTTGART Stuttgart, Stadtkreis |
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| Organization name:C3M DOO, CENTER ZA RACUNALNISTVO VMEHANIKI KONTINUUMA - MODELIRANJE IN TRZENJE | |
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Name:Tomaz |
VANDOTOVA ULICA 55 431 LJUBLJANA SLOVENIJA Region:SLOVENIJA Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska |
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