CUTANEOUS CHANNEL CAPACITY.

Abstract

This report discusses experiments to measure the upper limit of cutaneous channel capacity using a simple binary signal. The limit channel capacity appears to be in the neighborhood of 50 bits/sec. This compared with 8,000 to 10,000 bits/sec for the human ear and 5 million bits/sec for the human eye. The limit for the cutaneous channel (obtained for stimulation of one site on one finger) suggests, assuming linear addition and the use of ten fingers simultaneously, an information processing rate of 0.5 bit/sec that is achievable for the human system with cutaneous input. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1966
Accession Number
AD0680816

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People

  • Ken Kokjer

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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  • Channel Capacity

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  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Mathematics or Statistics