Haptic Rendering of Visual Data for the Visually Impaired

MultiMedia
2007
Issue No. 1 - January-March
Abstract - Haptic Rendering of Visual Data for the Visually Impaired

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January-March 2007 (vol. 14 no. 1)

pp. 62-72

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	Konstantinos Moustakas, Georgios Nikolakis, Konstantinos Kostopoulos, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Michael G. Strintzis, "Haptic Rendering of Visual Data for the Visually Impaired," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 62-72, January-March, 2007.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MMUL.2007.10, author = {Konstantinos Moustakas and Georgios Nikolakis and Konstantinos Kostopoulos and Dimitrios Tzovaras and Michael G. Strintzis}, title = {Haptic Rendering of Visual Data for the Visually Impaired}, journal ={IEEE Multimedia}, volume = {14}, number = {1}, issn = {1070-986X}, year = {2007}, pages = {62-72}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MMUL.2007.10}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Multimedia TI - Haptic Rendering of Visual Data for the Visually Impaired IS - 1 SN - 1070-986X SP62 EP72 EPD - 62-72 A1 - Konstantinos Moustakas, A1 - Georgios Nikolakis, A1 - Konstantinos Kostopoulos, A1 - Dimitrios Tzovaras, A1 - Michael G. Strintzis, PY - 2007 KW - Haptic rendering KW - structure from motion KW - blind users KW - force field KW - implicit surface approximation KW - and 3D maps VL - 14 JA - IEEE Multimedia ER -

Konstantinos Moustakas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki

Georgios Nikolakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki

Konstantinos Kostopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki

Dimitrios Tzovaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki

Michael G. Strintzis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Thessaloniki

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MMUL.2007.10

We introduce a force-field haptic rendering method for converting visual data to haptic data. The method includes a novel framework to convert specialized 3D map models into force fields. We generate the final force fields by using structure from motion and implicit surface approximation algorithms. Visually impaired people then can learn to navigate with these maps, using off-the-shelf haptic

Index Terms:

Haptic rendering, structure from motion, blind users, force field, implicit surface approximation, and 3D maps

Citation:

Konstantinos Moustakas, Georgios Nikolakis, Konstantinos Kostopoulos, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Michael G. Strintzis, "Haptic Rendering of Visual Data for the Visually Impaired," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 62-72, Jan.-Mar. 2007, doi:10.1109/MMUL.2007.10

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