A pragmatic approach to the design and implementation of a vibrotactile belt and its applications

2009 IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 13-18

  Edwards, Nathan ^a   Rosenthal, Jacob ^a   Moberly, Daniel ^a   Lindsay, Jon ^a   Blair, Kris ^a   Krishna, Sreekar ^a   McDaniel, Troy ^a   Panchanathan, Sethuraman ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Assistive technology; Haptic belt; Tactile display; Tactile icons; Tactons; Vibrotactile belt; Vibrotactile display; Vibrotactile wearable

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; TACTILE DISPLAY; TACTONS; VIBROTACTILE; VIBROTACTILE DISPLAYS;

DESIGN; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); USABILITY ENGINEERING;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 76649124560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAVE.2009.5356126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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