| Presentation | 2002/6/13 Computer aided mental-map generating system for the blind people Computer helpspeople to image maps by somestheticand auditory sense Haruki KAKEHASHI, Yoshihiko NOMURA, Tokuhiro SUGIURA, Norihiko KATO, |
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| Abstract(in English) | In general, when walking by himself, blind people walk by the help of guide sticks to explore obstacles, imaging mental maps in their minds. But they feel great uneasiness and insecure in walking unless they can make up mental maps. This paper presents a result of basic research on a computer aided mental-map generating system for the blind people. Concretely, it is assumed that a map is shown on a touch panel display. A subject actively instructs a computer the location via a touch panel display interface, the area around which he wants to know of. Then, based on the instructed location, the computer returns the subject some pieces of information corresponding to the area with speech sounds using a stereo speaker or a stereo headphone. It is expected that this computer aided system helps blind people walk outside without someone else's assistance. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Auditory sense / Fingertip sense / Mental map / Touch panel / Blind people |
| Paper # | WIT2002-3 |
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| Committee | WIT |
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| Conference Date | 2002/6/13(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | Computer aided mental-map generating system for the blind people Computer helpspeople to image maps by somestheticand auditory sense |
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| Keyword(1) | Auditory sense |
| Keyword(2) | Fingertip sense |
| Keyword(3) | Mental map |
| Keyword(4) | Touch panel |
| Keyword(5) | Blind people |
| 1st Author's Name | Haruki KAKEHASHI |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | School of Engineering, Mie University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yoshihiko NOMURA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | School of Engineering, Mie University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Tokuhiro SUGIURA |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Information processing center, Mie University |
| 4th Author's Name | Norihiko KATO |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | School of Engineering, Mie University |
| Date | 2002/6/13 |
| Paper # | WIT2002-3 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.102 |
| Number (no) | 128 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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