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Velázquez, Ramiro; Bazán, Omar; Varona, Jorge; Delgado-Mata, Carlos; Gutiérrez, Carlos A. |
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InTech Open Access Publisher, 2012
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This paper presents a novel wearable interface
for the foot: a shoe‐integrated tactile display that enables
users to obtain information through the sense of touch
via their feet. A 16‐point array of actuators stimulates the
sole of the foot by inducing different vibration
frequencies. A series of experiments were conducted
with 20 sighted and 5 blind voluntary subjects to
evaluate the role of tactile perception by the human foot
and the tactile sensitivity of the plantar surface. Tests
evaluated the perception of simple shapes, patterns and
directional instructions. The results showed that some
information is discriminable and that tactile‐foot
stimulation could be used for a wide number of
applications in human‐machine interaction.
Furthermore, the results also suggested that the blind
perform better in some key tasks and support the
feasibility of footwear providing tactile feedback for
situational awareness, mobility and the navigation
assistance of the blind. |
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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Autore: Ottaviano, Erika; Ceccarelli, Marco; Husty, Manfred; Yu, Sung-Hoon; Kim, Yong-Tae; Park, Chang-Woo; Hyun, Chang-Ho; Chen, Xiulong; Feng, Weiming; Sun, Xianyang; Gao, Qing; Grigorescu, Sorin M.; Pozna, Claudiu; Liu, Wanli; Zhankui, Wang; Guo, Meng; Fu, Guoyu; Zhang, Jin; Chen, Wenyuan; Peng, Fengchao; Yang, Pei; Chen, Chunlin; Ding, Rui; Yu, Junzhi; Yang, Qinghai; Tan, Min; Polden, Joseph; Pan, [...]
Pubblicato: 2004
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