Adaptive haptic exploration of geometrical structures in map navigation for people with visual impairment

HAVE 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio-Visual Environments and Games, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-40

  Zhang, Xiaolong ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer interface human factors; Terrain mapping

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TASK; COMPUTER INTERFACE HUMAN FACTORS; COMPUTER USERS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HAPTIC SYSTEMS; MAP NAVIGATION; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; TERRAIN MAPPING; USER STUDY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; NAVIGATION;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 78650534297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAVE.2010.5623984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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