| Presentation | 1994/10/14 Validity of a 3-D tactile display for the blind Yutaka Shimizu, Masami Shinohara, Hideji Nagaoka, |
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| Abstract(in English) | A computer driven tactile display developed.The tactile display consisted of 64 x 64 tactorpins that were arranged with 3-mm interspacing.The most important characteristic is that each tactor- pin is movable up to 8 mm at 100 levels.Evaluation study was performed by 5 blind students.To examine usability,Kanji letters, familiar objects,and maps used.Presenting size or mode was changed to find a preferable condition.Results showed that the display is effective as an educational system using graphic images. Furthermore the display is useful to transmit spatial configuration such as environment information for the blind. |
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| Keyword(in English) | factile display / 3-D / blind / graphic information / pattern recognition / computer |
| Paper # | ET94-75 |
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| Committee | ET |
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| Conference Date | 1994/10/14(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | Validity of a 3-D tactile display for the blind |
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| Keyword(1) | factile display |
| Keyword(2) | 3-D |
| Keyword(3) | blind |
| Keyword(4) | graphic information |
| Keyword(5) | pattern recognition |
| Keyword(6) | computer |
| 1st Author's Name | Yutaka Shimizu |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Tsukuba College of Technology() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Masami Shinohara |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology |
| 3rd Author's Name | Hideji Nagaoka |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Tsukuba College of Technology |
| Date | 1994/10/14 |
| Paper # | ET94-75 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.94 |
| Number (no) | 277 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 8 |
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