Low vision rehabilitation for better quality of life in visually impaired adults

M Hoeben, M Langelaan, J Klevering… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Low vision rehabilitation aims to optimise the use of residual vision after severe
vision loss, but also aims to teach skills in order to improve visual functioning in daily life …

Haptic-assistive technologies for audition and vision sensory disabilities

F Sorgini, R Caliò, MC Carrozza… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of this review is to analyze haptic sensory substitution technologies for
deaf, blind and deaf–blind individuals. Method: The literature search has been performed in …

An astute assistive device for mobility and object recognition for visually impaired people

VV Meshram, K Patil, VA Meshram… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To provide autonomous navigation and orientation to visually impaired people, this article
proposes a new electronic assistive device called the NavCane. The device helps people …

A wearable mobility aid for the visually impaired based on embedded 3D vision and deep learning

M Poggi, S Mattoccia - 2016 IEEE symposium on computers …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we propose an effective and wearable mobility aid for people suffering of visual
impairments purely based on 3D computer vision and machine learning techniques. By …

The effectiveness of visual and audio wayfinding guidance on smartglasses for people with low vision

Y Zhao, E Kupferstein, H Rojnirun, L Findlater… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Wayfinding is a critical but challenging task for people who have low vision, a visual
impairment that falls short of blindness. Prior wayfinding systems for people with visual …

Human–machine interaction through advanced haptic sensors: a piezoelectric sensory glove with edge machine learning for gesture and object recognition

R De Fazio, VM Mastronardi, M Petruzzi, M De Vittorio… - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human–machine interaction (HMI) refers to systems enabling communication between
machines and humans. Systems for human–machine interfaces have advanced significantly …

Developing proprioceptive countermeasures to mitigate postural and locomotor control deficits after long-duration spaceflight

TR Macaulay, BT Peters, SJ Wood… - Frontiers in Systems …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Astronauts experience post-flight disturbances in postural and locomotor control due to
sensorimotor adaptations during spaceflight. These alterations may have adverse …

ThermalCane: Exploring thermotactile directional cues on cane-grip for non-visual navigation

A Nasser, KN Keng, K Zhu - Proceedings of the 22nd international ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Non-visual feedback (eg, auditory and haptic) has been used as directional cues for the
blind and visually impaired (BVI) users. This paper presents the design and the evaluation of …

Multimodal feedback in HCI: haptics, non-speech audio, and their applications

E Freeman, G Wilson, DB Vo, A Ng, I Politis… - The Handbook of …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Computer interfaces traditionally depend on visual feedback to provide information to users,
with large, high-resolution screens the norm. Other sensory modalities, such as haptics and …

Tactile compass: Enabling visually impaired people to follow a path with continuous directional feedback

G Liu, T Yu, C Yu, H Xu, S Xu, C Yang, F Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Accurate and effective directional feedback is crucial for an electronic traveling aid device
that guides visually impaired people in walking through paths. This paper presents Tactile …