A cost-effective indoor vibrotactile navigation system for the blind

HEALTHINF 2011 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 477-481

  Altini, Marco ^a   Farella, Elisabetta ^a   Pirini, Marco ^a   Benini, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; EEG; Localization; Navigation; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

BLIND USERS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION SERVICES; VIBROTACTILE; VIBROTACTILE FEEDBACK; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE; WAY-FINDING; WEARABLE DEVICES;

BLUETOOTH; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; VISION AIDS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 79960175360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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