Phantom-based haptic line graphics for blind persons

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-32

  Sjöström, Calle ^a   Danielsson, Henrik ^b   Magnusson, Charlotte ^a   Rassmus Gröhn, Kirsten ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85014899659     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vimr.5.1.13.15972     Document Type: Article

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