DocumentCode
2668231
Title
Identification of Tactile Walking Surface Indicators by white cane
Author
Fujisawa, Shoichiro ; Yamada, Naohiro ; Ito, Shin-ichi ; Sato, Katsuya ; Mitani, Seiji ; Sueda, Osamu
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Solution, Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
6-8 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
52
Lastpage
55
Abstract
This paper describes identifying Tactile Walking Surface Indicators (TWSIs) with a white cane using an accelerometer. The vibration was examined by using an actual dot block. The effectiveness of the white cane was verified by examining the relation between the vibration and psychological strength. The experiment result revealed that there is no correlation between the psychological distance and the frequency spectrum.
Keywords
accelerometers; gait analysis; handicapped aids; tactile sensors; vibrations; accelerometer; dot block; frequency spectrum; psychological distance; psychological strength; tactile walking surface indicators; vibration; white cane;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems (VECIMS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Taranto
ISSN
1944-9429
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5904-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VECIMS.2010.5609335
Filename
5609335
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