DocumentCode :
2711414
Title :
A pragmatic approach to the design and implementation of a vibrotactile belt and its applications
Author :
Edwards, Nathan ; Rosenthal, Jacob ; Moberly, Daniel ; Lindsay, Jon ; Blair, Kris ; Krishna, Sreekar ; McDaniel, Troy ; Panchanathan, Sethuraman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
7-8 Nov. 2009
Firstpage :
13
Lastpage :
18
Abstract :
A human centered pragmatic approach to the design and implementation of a vibrotactile belt is presented in this paper. Based on (a) extensive usability feedback we´ve collected over the past year, and (b) a thorough survey of existing design guidelines from the literature, we propose a set of design guidelines for the development of haptic belts that can span seamlessly across various applications. These guidelines cover three important aspects for haptic belts: functionality, performance and usability, which are vital for longitudinal use by end users. Taking a human-centric approach from these design guidelines, we demonstrate the construction of a wirelessly controlled haptic belt design that is versatile, usable and practical. Implementation details of the belt are given, along with a preliminary usability study and a brief review of some of the important application areas of haptic belts. Results from the usability study reveal that participants were very pleased with the proposed haptic belt, and found it to be easy to wear and use.
Keywords :
ergonomics; haptic interfaces; haptic belt design; human centered pragmatic approach; usability feedback; vibrotactile belt; Application software; Belts; Design engineering; Displays; Feedback; Guidelines; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Navigation; Usability; assistive; assistive technology; devices; haptic belt; tactile display; tactile icons; tactons; vibrotactile belt; vibrotactile display; vibrotactile wearable;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Haptic Audio visual Environments and Games, 2009. HAVE 2009. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Lecco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4217-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4218-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HAVE.2009.5356126
Filename :
5356126
Link To Document :
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