Vincent Lévesque

Experimental Results

Surface with a Valley

In this experiment, a fingertip is moving from left to right over a valley located approximately in the region bordered by green dotted lines in Figure 1(b). Figures 2 and 3 show a clear pattern of stretch on the left of the bump and compression on the right of the bump.

(a) Illustration (not to scale).

(b) Fingerprint with approximate position of bump.

Figure 1. Finger sliding over surface with a valley.

(a) Interval of 1 frame.

(b) Interval of 11 frames.

Figure 2. Measurements obtained from the relative variations in edge length.

(a) Interval of 1 frame.

(b) Interval of 11 frames.

Figure 3. Measurements obtained from the relative variations in area.