Title :
Human Interface and Transmit Frequency Control for The Through-Air Acoustic Real-Time High Resolution Vision Substitute System
Author :
Taki, Hirofumi ; Sato, Toru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. & Comput. Eng., Kyoto Univ.
Abstract :
Existing vision substitute systems are not useful as navigation system due to the limitation of spatial and time resolution. In this study we propose a transmit control method free from range aliasing for a high resolution acoustic vision substitute systems, which we previously proposed. We also examine a human-machine information transfer method with a vibrotactile stimulator array consisting of 13 times 21 elements. It presents the target area of 30 degree times 60 degree by the sampling interval of 1 degree at the center. The system presents range, direction, and surface topography of targets to the subject
Keywords :
arrays; biomedical ultrasonics; handicapped aids; medical control systems; vision; high resolution acoustic vision substitute systems; human interface; human-machine information transfer method; navigation system; surface topography; through-air acoustic real-time high resolution vision substitute system; transmit control method; transmit frequency control; vibrotactile stimulator array; Control systems; Frequency control; Humans; Machine vision; Man machine systems; Navigation; Real time systems; Sampling methods; Spatial resolution; Surface topography;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616990