Haptic interfaces as aids for visually impaired persons

被引:4
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作者
D Stefano, L [1 ]
Melchiorri, C [1 ]
Vassura, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bologna, DEIS, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
关键词
haptic interfaces; parallel manipulators; wire transmission; virtual environments; vision;
D O I
10.1109/ROMAN.1999.900355
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
At the University of Bologna, an interdisciplinary project is active in order to investigate the possibility of implementing and testing a robotic system to help the mobility of visually impaired persons. The adopted solution is based on the conversion of stereo vision images into virtual "bas-relief" surfaces, perceivable by the user by means of a suitable (portable) haptic interface. In this paper, details on the adopted solutions and the developed prototypes are given as well as the experimental results obtained so far.
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页码:291 / 296
页数:6
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