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GESTURE-SENSING GLOVE [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

An interface device which detects and returns the six parameters of position and orientation of a human hand and each of its fingers.

OBS

Contrast with tactile glove.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
DEF

Gant muni de capteurs destinés à convertir les mouvements de la main et des doigts en signaux utilisables par un ordinateur pour l'analyse de gestes ou l'action dans un environnement de synthèse.

OBS

gant numérique : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 20 avril 2007.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
CONT

Hennequin's prototype of a pneumatic tactile glove has layers of strategically placed air bladders that are rapidly inflated and deflated. The inventor claims that the size, location, and pressure of the tiny air bladders are the critical variables needed to create tactile illusions. By inflating the right patterns of bladders in the glove to the right amount of pressure, Hennequin hopes to be able to replicate the sensation of grasping an object and recognizing its shape. This is not the same kind of computerized glove that has dominated the VR story so far, although the ultimate goal is to combine a tactile glove with a gesture-sensing glove.

OBS

Tactile gloves are viewed as output devices whereas Data Gloves are input devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
DEF

The combination of a pneumatic glove and a data glove.

CONT

This isn’t the same kind of computerized glove that has dominated the VR [virtual reality] story so far, although the ultimate goal is to combine a tactile glove with a gesture-sensing glove.

OBS

pneumatic glove: glove output device with layers of strategically placed air bladders that are rapidly inflated and deflated.

OBS

data glove: device designed to translate the movements of the hand and fingers into code that is readable by a computer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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