Evaluation of rotational and directional vibration patterns on a tactile belt for guiding visually impaired people

IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 367-370

  Cosgun, Akansel ^a   Sisbot, E Akin ^b   Christensen, Henrik I ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Toyota InfoTechnology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

H.5.2 User Interfaces : Haptic I O? Benchmarking; K.4.2 Social Issues : Assistive technologies for persons with disabilities?Navigation guidance

Indexed keywords

FACE RECOGNITION; HAPTIC INTERFACES; NAVIGATION; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; HAPTIC I/O; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR NAVIGATION; RECOGNITION ACCURACY; ROTATIONAL MOTION; USABILITY STUDIES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84899511315     PISSN: 23247347     EISSN: 23247355     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTICS.2014.6775483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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