A Novel Head-Mounted Navigation Device Based on Vibrotactile Stimulation

• Published in: IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement Vol. 73; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Ma, Shimeng, Liu, Peter Xiaoping, Gao, Jinfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 2024; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Codes; Encoding; Haptic interfaces; Haptic perceptual properties; Head; head-mounted device; Motors; Navigation; Navigation systems; People with disabilities; Stimulation; Stimuli; Vibrations; vibrotactile coding

Despite the availability of guide dogs and sticks, visually impaired people still have difficulties in traveling and sometimes may encounter dangers. This article presents a novel head-mounted haptic navigation device, for which vibrotactile stimulation is employed at different locations of the head...