TY - GEN
T1 - Advanced haptic sensor for measuring human skin conditions
AU - Tsuchimi, Daisuke
AU - Okuyama, Takeshi
AU - Tanaka, Mami
PY - 2010/5/10
Y1 - 2010/5/10
N2 - This paper is concerned with the development of a tactile sensor using PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) film as a sensory receptor of the sensor to evaluate softness, smoothness, and stickiness of human skin. Tactile sense is the most important sense in the sensation receptor of the human body along with eyesight, and we can examine skin condition quickly using these sense. But, its subjectivity and ambiguity make it difficult to quantify skin conditions. Therefore, development of measurement device which can evaluate skin conditions easily and objectively is demanded by dermatologists, cosmetic industries, and so on. In this paper, an advanced haptic sensor system that can measure multiple information of skin condition in various parts of human body is developed. The applications of the sensor system to evaluate softness, smoothness, and stickiness of skin are investigated through two experiments.
AB - This paper is concerned with the development of a tactile sensor using PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) film as a sensory receptor of the sensor to evaluate softness, smoothness, and stickiness of human skin. Tactile sense is the most important sense in the sensation receptor of the human body along with eyesight, and we can examine skin condition quickly using these sense. But, its subjectivity and ambiguity make it difficult to quantify skin conditions. Therefore, development of measurement device which can evaluate skin conditions easily and objectively is demanded by dermatologists, cosmetic industries, and so on. In this paper, an advanced haptic sensor system that can measure multiple information of skin condition in various parts of human body is developed. The applications of the sensor system to evaluate softness, smoothness, and stickiness of skin are investigated through two experiments.
KW - Human skin
KW - Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film
KW - Smoothness
KW - Softness
KW - Stickiness
KW - Tactile sensor
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U2 - 10.1117/12.858439
DO - 10.1117/12.858439
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951840713
SN - 9780819478115
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - ICMIT 2009 - Mechatronics and Information Technology
T2 - 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology, ICMIT 2009
Y2 - 3 December 2009 through 5 December 2009
ER -