Touching evaluation device, and touching evaluation method

A touching evaluation method of a touching evaluation device, the touching evaluation device comprising:

• a touching base material having a semi-cylindrical shape, a half-polygonal shape, a semi-elliptical prism shape, or a human phantom representing a right forearm, a left forearm, a back of a right hand, a back of a left hand, a right palm, a left palm, a face, or a whole body;
• at least two sensors installed at a predetermined interval on an outer peripheral surface of the touching base material;
• and
• a terminal device having a CPU and a ROM;
• the touching evaluation method comprising:
• a measurement control step performed by a CPU for measuring contact pressures and a contact speed of a hand of a contacting person, the contact pressures changing over time at respective positions, as measured values respectively based on the two sensors when the hand of the contacting person touches the two sensors sequentially, the two sensors being capable of detecting a contact pressure in at least two different positions;
• a determination control step performed by a CPU for comparing the measured values with reference ranges respectively, the reference ranges predetermined for a contacted person feeling comfortable when touched by the contacting person, and determining whether or not the measured value is within the reference range for each of the measured values;
• and
• an evaluation control step performed by a CPU for evaluating that the touching of the contacting person is a comfortable touching when all the measured values are within corresponding reference ranges respectively, and evaluating that the touching of the contacting person is an uncomfortable touching when one measured value is outside the corresponding reference range;
• wherein:
• a pressure reference range corresponding to the contact pressure for the touching of a whole body except a face of the contacting person is a range of 0.001 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2-2.000 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2, and the pressure reference range for the touching of the face is a range of 0.001 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2-1.000 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2,
• a contact reference speed corresponding to the contact speed is a range of 1 cm/sec-20 cm/sec and
• the pressure reference range and the contact reference speed are stored in the ROM.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a touching evaluation method of a touching evaluation device, the touching evaluation device comprising:

• a touching base material having a semi-cylindrical shape, a half-polygonal shape, a semi-elliptical prism shape, or a human phantom representing a right forearm, a left forearm, a back of a right hand, a back of a left hand, a right palm, a left palm, a face, or a whole body;
• at least two sensors installed at a predetermined interval on an outer peripheral surface of the touching base material;
• and
• a terminal device having a CPU and a ROM;
• the method comprising:
• a measurement control step performed by a CPU for measuring contact pressures and a contact speed of a hand of a contacting person, the contact pressures changing over time at respective positions, as measured values respectively based on the two sensors when the hand of the contacting person touches the two sensors sequentially, the two sensors being capable of detecting a contact pressure in at least two different positions;
• a determination control step performed by a CPU for comparing the measured values with reference ranges respectively, the reference ranges predetermined for a contacted person feeling comfortable when touched by the contacting person, and determining whether or not the measured value is within the reference range for each of the measured values;
• and
• an evaluation control step performed by a CPU for evaluating that the touching of the contacting person is a comfortable touching when all the measured values are within corresponding reference ranges respectively, and evaluating that the touching of the contacting person is an uncomfortable touching when one measured value is outside the corresponding reference range;
• wherein:
• a pressure reference range corresponding to the contact pressure for the touching of a whole body except a face of the contacting person is a range of 0.001 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2-2.000 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2, and the pressure reference range for the touching of the face is a range of 0.001 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2-1.000 kgf/cm{circumflex over ( )}2,
• a contact reference speed corresponding to the contact speed is a range of 1 cm/sec-20 cm/sec and
• the pressure reference range and the contact reference speed are stored in the ROM.