DocumentCode
3322039
Title
Integrated voice and haptic support for tele-rehabilitation
Author
McLaughlin, Margaret ; Zimmermann, Roger ; Liu, Leslie S. ; Jung, Younbo ; Peng, Wei ; Jin, SeungA ; Stewart, Jill ; Yeh, Shih-Ching ; Zhu, Weirong ; Seo, Beomjoo
Author_Institution
Annenberg Sch. for Commun., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
fYear
2006
fDate
13-17 March 2006
Lastpage
595
Abstract
Rapid technological advances have changed how many existing tasks are performed. For example, the combination of virtual environments and the Internet is presenting a powerful opportunity in the area of medical training and rehabilitation. Here we present our design and preliminary experience with a telehaptic environment augmented with a voice conferencing system. Initial tests are encouraging and reveal the promise of our system
Keywords
haptic interfaces; medical computing; patient rehabilitation; speech-based user interfaces; teleconferencing; telemedicine; voice communication; integrated voice-haptic support; telehaptic environment; telerehabilitation; voice conferencing system; Books; Collaboration; Computer science; Haptic interfaces; Interactive systems; Internet; Shape; Streaming media; System testing; Virtual environment;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, 2006. PerCom Workshops 2006. Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Pisa
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2520-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PERCOMW.2006.68
Filename
1599052
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