Three-dimensional tactile display for the blind

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-256

  Shinohara, M ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Mochizuki, A ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active touch; Hexagonal pin matrix; Microstep motor; Relief image; Tactile display

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SENSORY AIDS;

TACTILE DISPLAY;

VIBROTACTILE AIDS;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032168728     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.712218     Document Type: Article

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