Integrating Wearable Haptics and Obstacle Avoidance for the Visually Impaired in Indoor Navigation: A User-Centered Approach

• Published in: IEEE transactions on haptics Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 109 - 122
• Main Authors: Barontini, Federica, Catalano, Manuel G., Pallottino, Lucia, Leporini, Barbara, Bianchi, Matteo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Blind people; Blindness; Collision avoidance; Dogs; End users; Haptic interfaces; Indoor environments; Indoor navigation; Navigation systems; Obstacle avoidance; People with disabilities; Spatial data; technological travel aids for blind users; User centered design; Visual impairment; wearable haptics; Wearable technology

Recently, in the attempt to increase blind people autonomy and improve their quality of life, a lot of effort has been devoted to develop technological travel aids. These systems can surrogate spatial information about the environment and deliver it to end-users through sensory substitution (auditor...