| Presentation | 1997/1/24 A Support System for Blind Persons to Obtain Two-dimensional Understanding Hiroki MINAGAWA, Noboru OHNISHI, Noboru SUGIE, |
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| Abstract(in English) | It is difficult for blind persons to understand the relations between they and their environments as a two-dimensional map. This paper presents a way to obtain two-dimensional understanding for blind persons. First, we propose a human understanding model of environments which explains the difference about visual functions and experiences. Then we realize a prototype map representation system which consists of a tactile display, a voice synthesizer and so on. This system has two representation modes as tactile-audio map mode and virtual walking mode. As the results of evaluation at a school for the blind, we have got some useful guidelines. |
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| Keyword(in English) | blind persons / cognitive map / tactile display / voice map |
| Paper # | HIP96-37 |
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| Conference Date | 1997/1/24(1days) |
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| Title (in English) | A Support System for Blind Persons to Obtain Two-dimensional Understanding |
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| Keyword(1) | blind persons |
| Keyword(2) | cognitive map |
| Keyword(3) | tactile display |
| Keyword(4) | voice map |
| 1st Author's Name | Hiroki MINAGAWA |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Department of Information Science, Tsukuba College of Technology() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Noboru OHNISHI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Noboru SUGIE |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijyo University |
| Date | 1997/1/24 |
| Paper # | HIP96-37 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.96 |
| Number (no) | 499 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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