Haptic interfaces for accessibility, health, and enhanced quality of life. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Troy McDaniel, Sethuraman Panchanathan, editors.
• Other Names: McDaniel, Troy; Panchanathan, Sethuraman
• Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Haptics for Sensory Impairments -- 1 Enabling Learning Experiences for Visually Impaired Children by Interaction Design -- 1 Enabling Experiences -- 1.1 Chapter Structure -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Project Background -- 2.2 Physical and Cognitive Situation of the Target Group -- 2.2.1 Blindness and Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) -- 2.2.2 Professional Support of Children and Students with Visual Impairments -- 2.3 Related Work from Interaction Design and HCI -- 2.3.1 HCI and Visually Impaired Children 3 Maps as Ability Amplifiers: Using Graphical Tactile Displays to Enhance Spatial Skills in People Who Are Visually Impaired 2.3.2 Tangible Computing and (Visually) Impaired Children -- 2.3.3 Tactile Maps for the Blind -- 3 Research Philosophy and Methods -- 3.1 Design Knowledge in Practice-Based Research -- 3.2 Data Collection, Participants, and Data Analysis -- 4 Supporting Visually Impaired Children and Teenagers with The Cuebe and Audio-Tactile Map -- 4.1 The Cuebe: A Therapeutic Toy for Preschool Children -- 4.1.1 Goals of The Cuebe -- 4.1.2 Field Deployment of The Cuebe -- 4.2 The Audio-Tactile Map: An E-Learning Toolset for Visually Impaired Students -- 4.2.1 Contextual Inquiry 4.2.2 Towards the Audio-Tactile Map: Initial Explorations with the Audio Box -- 4.2.3 Audio-Tactile Map Prototype 1: Visual Tracking -- 4.2.4 Audio-Tactile Map Prototype 2: Pen-Based Interaction -- 4.2.5 Audio-Tactile Map Prototype 3: Open Projected Capacitive Touch Tracking -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Reflections on the Design Process -- 5.2 Open-Endedness and Customizability of the Design Artifacts -- 5.3 Dissemination of Knowledge -- 5.4 Reflections on the Sustainability of Our Design Process -- 5.5 Future Work -- 5.6 Limitations -- 6 Conclusion -- References 2 Haptically-Assisted Interfaces for Persons with VisualImpairments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 2.1 Early Developments of Assistive Devices -- 2.2 Mobility Assistance -- 2.2.1 White Cane Usage and Electronic Travel Aids -- 2.2.2 Sensing Elements in ETAs -- 2.2.3 Display Elements -- 2.2.4 Feedback Coding Methods -- 2.3 Haptically-Assisted Presentation of Visual Data -- 2.3.1 Display Using Kinesthetic Feedback -- 2.3.2 Display Using Tactile or Mixed Feedback -- 3 Haptic Feedback in Electronic Travel Aids -- 3.1 Sweeping Mode Characteristics -- 3.2 Ground Surface Identification 3.3 Detection of Tactile Distance Signals During Sweeping -- 3.4 Detection Accuracy of Distances Encoded by Vibration -- 4 Haptic Devices for Exploration of Visual Data -- 4.1 Hardware Overview -- 4.1.1 Early Prototype -- 4.1.2 SurfTics 1.0 -- 4.1.3 SurfTics++ -- 4.2 Rendering -- 4.3 User Experiments -- 4.3.1 Curvature Detection Experiment, Comparing Prototype to SurfTics 1.0 -- 4.3.2 Width Identification Experiment with the SurfTics 1.0 -- 5 Discussion and Conclusion -- References
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (298 pages)
• Subjects: 004.7/7; Haptic devices; Assistive computer technology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030342302; 3030342301
• Related ISBNs: 9783030342296; 3030342298
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