| Presentation | 2009/5/7 Haptic Compass Based on Pseudo-Attraction Force for Guiding Visually Impaired Pedestrians Tomohiro Amemiya, Hisashi Sugiyama, |
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| Abstract(in English) | This paper reports the development of a new haptic direction indicator, which will help blind pedestrians to travel a path including avoiding hazardous areas intuitively and safely by means of haptic navigation. A novel kinesthetic perception method, called the "pseudo-attraction force technique", is applied to a haptic direction indicator, which exploits the nonlinear relationship between perceived acceleration and physical acceleration to generate a force sensation. An experiment was performed to clarify the perceptual characteristics for visually impaired pedestrians to walk a predefined route in a human-size maze. The results indicate that they safely walked along a predefined route with the haptic direction indicator at their usual walk pace, independent of the existence of auditory information. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Haptics / Blind / Navigation / Interface Using Sensory Illusion |
| Paper # | HCS2009-43,HIP2009-43,WIT2009-43 |
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| Committee | HCS |
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| Conference Date | 2009/5/7(1days) |
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| Registration To | Human Communication Science (HCS) |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | Haptic Compass Based on Pseudo-Attraction Force for Guiding Visually Impaired Pedestrians |
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| Keyword(1) | Haptics |
| Keyword(2) | Blind |
| Keyword(3) | Navigation |
| Keyword(4) | Interface Using Sensory Illusion |
| 1st Author's Name | Tomohiro Amemiya |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | NTT Communication Science Laboratories() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Hisashi Sugiyama |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Kyoto City Fire Department |
| Date | 2009/5/7 |
| Paper # | HCS2009-43,HIP2009-43,WIT2009-43 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.109 |
| Number (no) | 27 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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