| Presentation | 2022-03-11 Sound Signal Generation for the Visually Impaired to Recognize the Scenery Using Music Naoki Aoyama, Shigeyoshi Nakajima, Tetsuo Tsujioka, Ikuo Oka, Hitoshi Watanabe, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | In this paper, we propose a system that converts depth information with LIDAR into acoustic signals by PWM, and grasps space from the difference of the length and the loudness of the signal sound, targeting the assistance of the visually impaired. In addition, four types of acoustic signals are created to examine which acoustic signal is the best for spatial understanding. In addition, the system assigns a scale to each tone of the acoustic signal, so that the signal tone played in order can be heard as a melody (song). Finally, to confirm the usefulness of the system, we conducted an evaluation experiment and a usability study. As a result of the evaluation experiment, we were able to show the usefulness of the system with specific acoustic signals. The usability study also showed that the system succeeded in generating pleasant acoustic signals. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | LIDAR / PWM / music / the visually impaired / environmental cognition |
| Paper # | HCS2021-66 |
| Date of Issue | 2022-03-04 (HCS) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | HCS |
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| Conference Date | 2022/3/11(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Online |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | |
| Chair | Tomoo Inoue(Univ. of Tsukuba) |
| Vice Chair | Yugo Hayashi(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Tomoko Kanda(Osaka Inst. of Tech.) |
| Secretary | Yugo Hayashi(Nihon Univ.) / Tomoko Kanda(National Chung Cheng Univ) |
| Assistant | HUANG HUNGHSUAN(Univ. of Fukuchiyama) / Shigeyoshi Iizuka(Kanagawa Univ.) / Kazuki Takashima(Tohoku Univ.) / Hiroto Saito(Tokyo Denki Univ.) / Ryo Ishii(NTT) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Human Communication Science |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Sound Signal Generation for the Visually Impaired to Recognize the Scenery Using Music |
| Sub Title (in English) | Depth Information with LIDAR and the Expression by Pulse Width Modulation |
| Keyword(1) | LIDAR |
| Keyword(2) | PWM |
| Keyword(3) | music |
| Keyword(4) | the visually impaired |
| Keyword(5) | environmental cognition |
| 1st Author's Name | Naoki Aoyama |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Osaka City University(Osaka City Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Shigeyoshi Nakajima |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Osaka City University(Osaka City Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Tetsuo Tsujioka |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Osaka City University(Osaka City Univ.) |
| 4th Author's Name | Ikuo Oka |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Osaka City University(Osaka City Univ.) |
| 5th Author's Name | Hitoshi Watanabe |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Osaka City University(Osaka City Univ.) |
| Date | 2022-03-11 |
| Paper # | HCS2021-66 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.121 |
| Number (no) | HCS-438 |
| Page | pp.pp.31-36(HCS), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2022-03-04 (HCS) |