FLIPPS for the Blind: An Object Detector for Medium Distances Using Concerted Fingertip Stimulation

Hans-Heinrich Bothe; Sermed Al-Hamdani

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_41

FLIPPS for the Blind: An Object Detector for Medium Distances Using Concerted Fingertip Stimulation

Hans-Heinrich Bothe, Sermed Al-Hamdani

Department of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The idea of FLIPPS is to design, implement, and evaluate a vibro-tactile device that is composed of a photo diode, vibro-tactile stimulator, microcontroller and power supply. The stimulator is attached to the finger tip and activated when light illumination exceeds a defined threshold. The subject (blind person) receives the reflected light from the objects and, based on brain plasticity principles, can interactively learn to construct a mental image of the objects and of the scenery. The FLIPPS idea is based on sensory substitution theory; here, substituting visual inputs by haptic vibrations.

Original language	English
Book series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	6180
Pages (from-to)	275-281
ISSN	0302-9743
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_41
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Vienna, Austria Duration: 14 Jul 2010 → 16 Jul 2010 Conference number: 12 http://www.icchp.org/node/293

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Conference	12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Number	12
Country	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	14/07/2010 → 16/07/2010
Internet address	http://www.icchp.org/node/293

Keywords

Visually impaired
Vibro-tactile stimulation
Scene analysis
Sensory substitution
Sound source localization
Haptic stimulation

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FLIPPS for the Blind: An Object Detector for Medium Distances Using Concerted Fingertip Stimulation

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