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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems (VECIMS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taranto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5904-9
DOI :
10.1109/VECIMS.2010.5609335
