Vibrotactile sensory substitution on personal navigation: Remotely controlled vibrotactile feedback wearable system to aid visually impaired

Filgueiras, Thiago Silva; Lima, Ana Carolina Oliveira; Baima, Renan Lima; Oka, Gabriel Tadayoshi Rodrigues; Cordovil, Luiz A. Q.; Bastos, Moisés Pereira

doi:10.1109/memea.2016.7533768

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“…Frequency Reference T1 11 articles [46], [106], [51], [97], [109], [27], [54], [110], [82], [55], [114] T2 25 articles [32], [29], [62], [24], [34], [73], [48], [50], [39], [94], [40], [95], [42], [78], [67], [31], [101], [37], [103], [85], [38], [111], [112], [113], [115] T3 18 articles [86], [87], [88], [90], [71], [64], [93], [35], [72], [74], [36], [96], [98], [69], …”

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Intelligent Environments and Assistive Technologies For Assisting Visually Impairment People: A Systematic Literature Review

de Souza,

Francisco,

Tavares

et al. 2023

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Intelligent Environments (IE) refer to fisical spaces imbued with pervasive and seamless intelligence, created to proactively support individuals in their daily routines. Developments in technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have taken these environments from theoretical notions to practical realities. Simultaneously, the field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) has made significant strides. Evolving from Assistive Technology (AT), AAL represents an application of IE that specifically seeks to enable individuals —especially those with disabilities or the elderly— to lead healthier, more independent, and dignified lives through the assistance of technology integrated within their living environments. The confluence of IE and AAL has led to the rise of innovative solutions aimed at enhancing the lives of individuals with special needs,such as the Visually Impaired People (VIP). This research presents a systematic literature review investigating the utilization of IE, underpinned by AAL principles, in supporting VIPs. Initially, a pool of 14,760 studies was obtained from 9 databases, all published up to December 2022. After applying specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, this pool was reduced to 101 articles. Each of these articles was reviewed, analyzed, and categorized into four functional and operating principle categories to address five research questions. The study proposes multiple taxonomies as an approach to holistically synthesize the various technologies and devices categorized in the reviewed articles. Emerging research challenges and trends in this domain are highlighted, with a substantial trend being the escalating use of Deep Learning (DL) techniques. These techniques have been pivotal in the development of systems focused on object detection, path recognition, and navigation for devices, particularly smartphones, geared towards enhancing the lives of VIPs.

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“…Filgueiras et al [37] provided an overview of a simple pilot wearable system with vibrotactile feedback. The proposed system uses a combination of sensors, wireless communication, and vibrotactile feedback.…”

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Intelligent Environments and Assistive Technologies For Assisting Visually Impairment People: A Systematic Literature Review

de Souza,

Francisco,

Tavares

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…to commercialize such electronic travel aids, none have been widely adopted or used by significant numbers of people. Examples of such portable navigation devices for aiding visually impaired people include interfaces for the hand [91], arm [92], waist [93], head [94], wrist and foot [95], among other approaches [96,97,98]. Many vibrotactile displays have been designed for automobile drivers, including some navigation assistance devices [99].…”

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Tactile Sensing, Information, and Feedback via Wave Propagation

Shao

2022

Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems

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Through my entire PhD study, I learned a lot from my colleagues in the RE Touch Lab. Discussions with Gregory Reardon about technical problems, like in physics or statistics, are always constructive and inspiring. Shantonu Biswas and Thanh Nho Do influenced me with their expertise in nanoengineering and material science. Also, I am lucky to have many supportive colleagues and friends in the lab. Anzu Kawazoe can always cheer me up with her lighthearted mood, unveiling the optimistic side of life to me. Zach Wells and Harald Schafer, beside research collaborations, brought me a lot of fun outside the lab, directing me to the ocean around Santa Barbara. I also very enjoyed the company of Yufei Hao, Taku Hachisu, Simone Fani, Jasper van der Lagemaat and Behnam Khojasteh during their visit to my lab. Starting from the time I joined the lab in Philadelphia, I have been gaining support from Marco Janko and Bin Li. I am really v grateful to have all of them as my colleagues. My friends outside the lab also helped me passing through the challenging paths toward the finish line of my PhD. I want to give special thanks to Mingwei Tang, my friend since childhood, who also obtained a PhD degree in the US. We traveled together to many sights and cities. Those trips reduced my anxiety and rebuilt my courage to march forward. I also value the friendship with Yan Kong and Zhenyu Yang, who provided me after-work entertainment in Harold Frank hall, and emotional support. I miss and appreciate the time with Pingge Jiang, Lei Song, Tao Sun, Yaou Zhou and Yanan Yang during my study in Philadelphia.I appreciate the love, care and support from my girlfriend, Huihui Zhang, during the last two years of my PhD. A delightful, sweet talk with her can always relieve my stress and hearten me, motivating me to look beyond the difficulties.Finally, I like to thank my family, especially my grandmother. I grew up bathing in her unconditional love. She was always proud of me and had the strongest belief in me, from preschool till PhD, granting me the faith to overcome any challenges. I deeply regret not being able to spend enough time with her at home.

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“…The work [6], one of the closest to our, consists of a device to guide blindfolded people, or visually impaired people to leave a maze by means of a remote control and using vibrating stimuli to inform the direction to be taken. The device was tested on 16 people, with commands given by an operator, who observes the path inside the labyrinth.…”

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“…Others use voice commands transmitted by radio, which ends up creating an extensive linguistic vocabulary, not guaranteeing the correct understanding of commands by the athlete [5]. There are also works that use discrete vocabulary, (ex: left and right command), [6], however limited. This article works in athletics running track scenarios, where each runner carries a hardware and software prototype composed of three wearable devices (02 bracelets and 01 belt) that guide the runner during an Olympic trace race through vibration.…”

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Pro-Athlete: A guide system for visually impaired athletes in Olympic track race

Machado¹,

Carvalho²

2021

ITEGAM- Journal of Engineering and Technology for Industrial Applications (ITEGAM-JETIA)

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Assistive technologies can improve quality of life of people with special needs, providing autonomy in their daily activities. An opportunity for improvement appears in the athletics race on the track for the visually impaired, where currently the disabled athlete does not have autonomy and runs tied by rope to a guide and may have several problems of disqualification and reduced performance due to the necessary synchronization between athlete and guide. In this context, in this article we developed a hardware and software prototype equipped with wireless communication and a language code that uses vibrating stimuli to generate commands that guide the visually impaired athlete in the Olympic track race. The prototype was tested in simulated athletic races, showing good results, with commands and stimuli being well understood and interpreted by visually impaired athletes.

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Vibrotactile sensory substitution on personal navigation: Remotely controlled vibrotactile feedback wearable system to aid visually impaired

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Intelligent Environments and Assistive Technologies For Assisting Visually Impairment People: A Systematic Literature Review

Intelligent Environments and Assistive Technologies For Assisting Visually Impairment People: A Systematic Literature Review

Tactile Sensing, Information, and Feedback via Wave Propagation

Pro-Athlete: A guide system for visually impaired athletes in Olympic track race

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