Presentation 2018-03-08
Walking Navigation Interface for Visually Impaired Using Sensation of Stereo Sound and Vibration
Kouki Ogahara, Hidehiko Shishido, Itaru Kitahara, Yoshinari Kameda,
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Abstract(in English) We are studying a new walking navigation interface for visually impaired people. In our previous study, we have proposed two methods for measuring gaps between a planned path and a current walking path. Based on the measured gaps, we propose a sound and tactile interface with which visually impaired can walk along the planned path. We have developed two different methods for a situation of straight path walking and that of making turn at corners. The boundary of the two situations are automatically detected.
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Keyword(in English) Visually Impaired / Walking Navigation / Stereo Sound / Vibration
Paper # IMQ2017-27,IE2017-119,MVE2017-69
Date of Issue 2018-03-01 (IMQ, IE, MVE)

Conference Information
Committee CQ / MVE / IE / IMQ
Conference Date 2018/3/8(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Okinawa Industry Support Center
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Five Senses Media, Cooking and Eating Activities Media, Multimedia, Media Experience, Video Encoding, Image Media Quality, Network Quality and Reliability, etc. (Co-sponsor: Technical Committee on Multimedia on Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA))
Chair Takanori Hayashi(Hiroshima Inst. of Tech.) / Yoshinari Kameda(Univ. of Tsukuba) / Takayuki Hamamoto(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Kenji Sugiyama(Seikei Univ.)
Vice Chair Hideyuki Shimonishi(NEC) / Jun Okamoto(NTT) / Kenji Mase(Nagoya Univ.) / Kazuya Kodama(NII) / Hideaki Kimata(NTT) / Toshiya Nakaguchi(Chiba Univ.) / Mitsuru Maeda(Canon)
Secretary Hideyuki Shimonishi(NTT) / Jun Okamoto(Keio Univ.) / Kenji Mase(Kyoto Univ.) / Kazuya Kodama(NTT) / Hideaki Kimata(Kyushu Univ.) / Toshiya Nakaguchi(Nagoya Univ.) / Mitsuru Maeda(KDDI Research)
Assistant Kenko Ota(Nippon Inst. of Tech.) / Norihiro Fukumoto(KDDI Research Inc.) / Ryo Yamamoto(UEC) / Takatsugu Hirayama(Nagoya Univ.) / Ryosuke Aoki(NTT) / Yasutaka Matsuo(NHK) / Kazuya Hayase(NTT) / Masaru Tsuchida(NTT) / Gosuke Ohashi(Shizuoka Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Communication Quality / Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment / Technical Committee on Image Engineering / Technical Committee on Image Media Quality
Language JPN
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Title (in English) Walking Navigation Interface for Visually Impaired Using Sensation of Stereo Sound and Vibration
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Visually Impaired
Keyword(2) Walking Navigation
Keyword(3) Stereo Sound
Keyword(4) Vibration
1st Author's Name Kouki Ogahara
1st Author's Affiliation University of Tsukuba(U-Tsukuba)
2nd Author's Name Hidehiko Shishido
2nd Author's Affiliation University of Tsukuba(U-Tsukuba)
3rd Author's Name Itaru Kitahara
3rd Author's Affiliation University of Tsukuba(U-Tsukuba)
4th Author's Name Yoshinari Kameda
4th Author's Affiliation University of Tsukuba(U-Tsukuba)
Date 2018-03-08
Paper # IMQ2017-27,IE2017-119,MVE2017-69
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) IMQ-483,IE-484,MVE-485
Page pp.pp.17-22(IMQ), pp.17-22(IE), pp.17-22(MVE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-03-01 (IMQ, IE, MVE)