Yasuo Kuniyoshi

ThermoCaress: A Wearable Haptic Device with Illusory Moving Thermal Stimulation

We propose ThermoCaress, a haptic device to create a stroking sensation on the forearm using pressure force and present thermal feedback simultaneously. In our method, based on the phenomenon of thermal referral, by overlapping a stroke of pressure force, users feel as if the thermal stimulation moves although the pos…