DATA INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR TANGIBLE AND GESTURAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN AND COMPUTER

摘要

The present invention relates to a glove-shaped data input device and a method thereof for tangible and gestural interactions between a human and a computer. The device is formed with a dielectric elastomer (DE) transducer including electrode layers on both sides of a dielectric elastomer which is a kind of polymer. The device includes: a hand motion output part (110) placed on a wrist part; a finger motion recognizing part (120) connected with the hand motion output part (110), and recognizing a motion state of each finger to output the state to the hand motion output part (110); a first protecting layer (130) placed on the finger motion recognizing part (120); and a second protecting layer (140) placed under the finger motion recognizing part (120). The first protecting layer (130) and the second protecting layer (140) are combined by a combination member, the finger motion recognizing part (120) is embedded in the combined part, and the hand motion output part (110) is combined with a side by the combination member. After the combination of the first and second protecting layers (130)(140) and the hand motion output part (110), its shape is a glove shape. Therefore, the present invention is capable of functioning as a data input sensor identifying each gesture in a DE generator mode formed as the thickness (area) of the dielectric elastomer is transformed by dynamical energy of each gesture using the DE transducer.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2016