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Towards Haptic Surface Devices with Force Feedback for Visually Impaired People

  • Simon GayEmail author
  • Marc-Aurèle Rivière
  • Edwige Pissaloux
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 10897)

Abstract

This paper presents a new haptic surface tablet that can provide force feedback to the user. Force feedback means that the device can react to the user’s movements and apply a force against or in-line with these movements, according to the tactile properties of a displayed image. The device consists of a frame attached to a tactile tablet that generates a force feedback to user’s finger when exploring the surface, providing haptic informations about the displayed image. The experimental results suggest the relevance of this tablet as an assistive device for visually impaired people in perceiving and understanding the content of a displayed image. Several potential applications are briefly presented.

Keywords

Haptic accessibility to 2D images Assistive device for visually impaired Force feedback Haptic surface 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.LITISUniversité de Rouen NormandieMont-Saint-AignanFrance

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