1. A silica-titania glass consisting of 7-10 wt % titania and 90-93 wt % silica and said glass has an internal transmission of greater than 90% in the wavelength range of 340 nm to 840 nm, a fictive temperature less than 900\xb0 C. in combination with greater than 600 ppm OH by weight, and said glass having a less than 2\xd71017 hydrogen moleculescm3.
2. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein said glass consists of 6-8 wt % titania and 92-94 wt % silica.
3. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein said glass has an expansivity slope at 20\xb0 C. of less than 1.5 ppb\xb0 K2.
4. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has an expansivity slope at 20\xb0 C. of less than 1.5 ppb\xb0 K2.
5. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein said glass has an expansivity slope at 20\xb0 C. of less than 1.2 ppb\xb0 K2.
6. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has an expansivity slope at 20\xb0 C. of less than 1.2 ppb\xb0 K2.
7. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein the silica-titania glass has a Ti+3 concentration level Ti3+ less than 3 ppm by weight.
8. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein the silica-titania glass has a Ti+3 concentration level Ti3+ less than 3 ppm by weight
9. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein said glass has an internal transmission of greater than 95% in the wavelength range of 330 nm to 840 nm.
10. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has an internal transmission of greater than 95% in the wavelength range of 330 nm to 840 nm
11. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein said glass has an overall transmission through an optic of greater than 84% in the wavelength range of 310 nm to 840 nm.
12. The silica-titania glass according to claim 1, wherein said glass has an overall transmission through an optic of greater than 88% in the wavelength range of 310 nm to 840 nm.
13. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has an overall transmission through an optic of greater than 86% in the wavelength range of 340 nm to 840 nm.
14. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has an overall transmission through an optic of greater than 88% in the wavelength range of 340 nm to 840 nm.
15. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has a fictive temperature of less than 890\xb0 C. in combination with greater than 600 ppm OH by weight.
16. The silica-titania glass according to claim 2, wherein said glass has a fictive temperature of less than 880\xb0 C. in combination with greater than 600 ppm OH by weight.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A haptic feedback device which provides haptic feedback to a user touching a panel, the haptic feedback device comprising:
the panel;
an image display unit configured to display an image on the panel;
an image feature extraction unit configured to extract a feature of the image displayed on the panel, the feature of the image extracted being the spatial frequency of the image;
a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a first touch position which is a position of a touch made on the panel by the user and a second touch position which is a position of a touch made on the panel by the user after the touch made at the first touch position;
a speed calculation unit configured to calculate a speed of a touch starting at the first touch position and ending at the second touch position;
a modulation signal generation unit configured to generate a modulation signal having a frequency component at a frequency that increases with the speed and is dependent on the feature of the image;
a carrier frequency determination unit configured to determine a resonance frequency to be used for a frequency for the carrier signal from among a plurality of resonance frequencies of the panel, the determined resonance frequency increasing as the spatial frequency increases such that the higher the spatial frequency the higher the resonance frequency;
a carrier signal generation unit configured to generate a carrier signal for vibrating the panel having a frequency component at the determined resonance frequency determined by the carrier frequency determination unit;
a modulation unit configured to modulate the generated carrier signal using the modulation signal; and
an actuator which provides haptic feedback to the user by vibrating the panel in accordance with the modulated carrier signal.
2. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1,
wherein the image feature extraction unit is configured to extract, as the feature of the image, a spatial frequency of the image, and
the modulation signal generation unit is configured to generate the modulation signal having a frequency component at a frequency that increases with the speed and the spatial frequency.
3. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1,
wherein the image feature extraction unit is configured to extract the feature of the image from a region that is a portion of the image and includes the second touch position.
4. The haptic feedback device according to claim 3,
wherein the image feature extraction unit is configured to extract the feature of the image from the region having a size that increases with the speed.
5. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1,
wherein the image feature extraction unit is configured to extract the feature of the image each time the image displayed on the panel is updated, and
the modulation signal generation unit is configured to generate the modulation signal each time the feature of the image is extracted.
6. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1,
wherein the carrier signal generation unit is configured to generate the carrier signal having a frequency component at a resonance frequency of the panel.
7. The haptic feedback device according to claim 6,
wherein the carrier signal generation unit is configured to generate the carrier signal having a frequency component at a resonance frequency among a plurality of resonance frequencies of the panel that corresponds to the second touch position.
8. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1, further comprising
a hardness obtaining unit configured to obtain a value indicating a hardness of an object included in the image,
wherein the carrier signal generation unit is configured to generate the carrier signal having a frequency component at a frequency that increases with the value indicating the hardness.
9. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1, further comprising
a pressure measurement unit configured to measure a pressure of the touch made at the second touch position,
wherein the modulation signal generation unit is configured to generate the modulation signal having a frequency component at a frequency that increases with the measured pressure.
10. A haptic feedback method of providing haptic feedback to a user touching a panel, the haptic feedback method comprising:
displaying an image on the panel;
extracting a feature of the image displayed on the panel, the feature of the image extracted being the spatial frequency of the image;
obtaining a first touch position which is a position of a touch made on the panel by the user and a second touch position which is a position of a touch made on the panel by the user after the touch made at the first touch position;
calculating a speed of a touch starting at the first touch position and ending at the second touch position;
generating a modulation signal having a frequency component at a frequency that increases with the speed and is dependent on the feature of the image;
determining a resonance frequency to be used for a frequency for the carrier signal from among a plurality of resonance frequencies of the panel, the determined resonance frequency increasing as the spatial frequency increases such that the higher the spatial frequency the higher the resonance frequency;
generating a carrier signal for vibrating the panel having a frequency component at the determined resonance frequency determined;
modulating the generated carrier signal using the modulation signal; and
providing haptic feedback to the user by vibrating the panel in accordance with the modulated carrier signal.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing a computer to execute the haptic feedback method according to claim 10.