Tactile signing and touch-based alphabets are among the primary communication systems for people who suffer from sensory or multisensory conditions, such as, blindness or deaf-blindness, respectively. In the last decade, several research projects based on sensory substitution focused on developing novel interfaces. However, people who are sensory-impaired still lack reliable technology for interacting with the world. To this end, wearable devices could have a significant role in providing individuals with support for daily activities, communication, and social inclusion. In this paper, we introduce a categorization based on technology for sensing and representing the main components of touch-and gesture-based communication systems (i.e., movement, gesture, pressure, and touch) to provide an understanding of the technical and human factors which affect or foster the development of new assistive technology
Enabling touch-based communication in wearable devices for people with sensory and multisensory impairments / Caporusso, Nicholas; Biasi, Luigi; Cinquepalmi, Giovanni; Trotta, Gianpaolo Francesco; Brunetti, Antonio; Bevilacqua, Vitoantonio (ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING). - In: Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design: Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Advances in Human Factors and Wearable Technologies, July 17-21, 2017, [...] Los Angeles, California, USA. / [a cura di] Tareq Ahram, Christianne Falcão. - Cham, CH : Springer, 2017. - ISBN 978-3-319-60638-5. - pp. 149-159 [10.1007/978-3-319-60639-2_15]
Enabling touch-based communication in wearable devices for people with sensory and multisensory impairments
Caporusso, Nicholas;Biasi, Luigi;Cinquepalmi, Giovanni;Trotta, Gianpaolo Francesco;Brunetti, Antonio;Bevilacqua, Vitoantonio
2017
Abstract
Tactile signing and touch-based alphabets are among the primary communication systems for people who suffer from sensory or multisensory conditions, such as, blindness or deaf-blindness, respectively. In the last decade, several research projects based on sensory substitution focused on developing novel interfaces. However, people who are sensory-impaired still lack reliable technology for interacting with the world. To this end, wearable devices could have a significant role in providing individuals with support for daily activities, communication, and social inclusion. In this paper, we introduce a categorization based on technology for sensing and representing the main components of touch-and gesture-based communication systems (i.e., movement, gesture, pressure, and touch) to provide an understanding of the technical and human factors which affect or foster the development of new assistive technologyI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
