Information Transmission with a Multi-Finger Tactual Display Hong Zhang Tan Ph.D. Dissertation Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Title Page (PDF, 7K)
    Abstract (PDF, 11K)
    Acknowledgment (PDF, 8K)
    Chap I. Introduction (PDF, 55K)
        I-1 Background
    Chap II. Development of a Multi-Finger Positional Display (PDF, 195K)
        II-1 Design Specifications
        II-2 Hardware/Controller Design and Configuration
        II-3 Performance Measurements
    Chap III. Static Information Transmission (PDF, 184K)
        III-1 Background
        III-2 The stimulus and Response Sets for a Stimulus Duration of 500-msec
        III-3 Information Transfer Measurements with the 500-msec Stimulus Set
        III-4 Information Transfer Measurements with the 250-msec Stimulus Set
        III-5 Information Transfer Measurements with the 125-msec Stimulus Set
    Chap IV. Information Transfer Rate (PDF, 40K)
        IV-1 Background
        IV-2 Experimental Paradigm: Identification with Masking
        IV-3 Results
    Chap V. Unresolved Issues (PDF, 29K)
        V-1 Selection of Stimulus Uncertainty
        V-2 Dimensionality of a Stimulus Set
        V-3 Relationship between Motor Output and Motional Inputs
    Chap VI. Discussion (PDF, 32K)
        VI-1 Summary of Main Results
        VI-2 Comparison with Previous Work
        VI-3 Future Research
    Chap VII. Bibliography (PDF, 19K)
    App A. Tactual and Auditory Morse Code Reception (PDF, 151K)
    App B. Ideas and Experiments Used for the Construction of the 500-msec Stimulus Set (PDF, 57K) Back to Hong Tan's publication
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Citation: Hong Z. Tan, "Information Transmission with a Multi-Finger Tactual Display," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996.