Automatic visual to tactile translation. I. Human factors, access methods and image manipulation

Author

Way, Thomas P. ; Barner, Kenneth E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

94

Abstract

This is the first part of a two-part paper that motivates and evaluates a method for the automatic conversion of images from visual to tactile form. In this part, a broad-ranging background is provided in the areas of human factors, including the human sensory system, tactual perception and blindness, access technology for tactile graphics production, and image processing techniques and their appropriateness to tactile image creation. In Part II, this background is applied in the development of the TACTile Image Creation System (TACTICS), a prototype for an automatic visual-to-tactile translator. The results of an experimental evaluation are then presented and discussed, and possible future work in this area is outlined

Keywords

computer graphics; computer vision; handicapped aids; human factors; image representation; mechanoception; vision defects; visual perception; TACTICS; TACTile Image Creation System; access methods; access technology; automatic visual to tactile translation; blindness; broad-ranging background; human factors; human sensory system; image manipulation; image processing techniques; tactile form; tactile graphics production; tactile image creation; tactual perception; Blindness; Computer displays; Graphical user interfaces; Graphics; Human factors; Image converters; Image processing; Internet; Pervasive computing; Speech synthesis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6528

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/86.559353

Filename

559353