TY - GEN
T1 - A Kinect based vibrotactile feedback system to assist the visually impaired
AU - Yelamarthi, Kumar
AU - Dejong, Brian P.
AU - Laubhan, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/9/23
Y1 - 2014/9/23
N2 - This paper presents a Microsoft Kinect based vibrotactile feedback system to aid in navigation for the visually impaired. The lightweight wearable system interprets the visual scene and presents obstacle distance and characteristic information to the user. The scene is converted into a distance map using the Kinect, then processed and interpreted using an Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC). That information is then converted via a microcontroller into vibrotactile feedback, presented to the user through two four-by-four vibration motor arrays woven into gloves. The system is shown to successfully identify, track, and present closest objects, closest humans, multiple humans, and perform distance measurements.
AB - This paper presents a Microsoft Kinect based vibrotactile feedback system to aid in navigation for the visually impaired. The lightweight wearable system interprets the visual scene and presents obstacle distance and characteristic information to the user. The scene is converted into a distance map using the Kinect, then processed and interpreted using an Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC). That information is then converted via a microcontroller into vibrotactile feedback, presented to the user through two four-by-four vibration motor arrays woven into gloves. The system is shown to successfully identify, track, and present closest objects, closest humans, multiple humans, and perform distance measurements.
KW - blind
KW - kinect sensor
KW - navigation assistance
KW - tactile feedback
KW - visually impaired
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908479965&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MWSCAS.2014.6908495
DO - 10.1109/MWSCAS.2014.6908495
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84908479965
T3 - Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
SP - 635
EP - 638
BT - 2014 IEEE 57th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 IEEE 57th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2014
Y2 - 3 August 2014 through 6 August 2014
ER -