Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind

Troy McDaniel; Sreekar Krishna; Vineeth Balasubramanian; Dirk Colbry; Sethuraman Panchanathan

doi:10.1109/HAVE.2008.4685291

Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind

Troy McDaniel, Sreekar Krishna, Vineeth Balasubramanian, Dirk Colbry, Sethuraman Panchanathan

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Abstract

Good social skills are important and provide for a healthy, successful life; however, individuals with visual impairments are at a disadvantage when interacting with sighted peers due to inaccessible non-verbal cues. This paper presents a haptic (vibrotactile) belt to assist individuals who are blind or visually impaired by communicating non-verbal cues during social interactions. We focus on non-verbal communication pertaining to the relative location of the communicators with respect to the user in terms of direction and distance. Results from two experiments show that the haptic belt is effective in using vibration location and duration to communicate the relative direction and distance, respectively, of an individual in the user's visual field.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings
Pages	13-18
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HAVE.2008.4685291
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Event	7th Edition IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2008 - Ottawa, ON, Canada Duration: Oct 18 2008 → Oct 19 2008

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Name	HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings

Other

Other	7th Edition IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2008
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa, ON
Period	10/18/08 → 10/19/08

Keywords

Assistive technology
Haptic belt
Haptic display
Non-verbal communication
Social interaction
Tactile cues
Tactile display
Vibrotactile cues

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Software
Human Factors and Ergonomics

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McDaniel, T., Krishna, S., Balasubramanian, V., Colbry, D., & Panchanathan, S. (2008). Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind. In HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings (pp. 13-18). Article 4685291 (HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1109/HAVE.2008.4685291

Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind. / McDaniel, Troy; Krishna, Sreekar; Balasubramanian, Vineeth et al.
HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings. 2008. p. 13-18 4685291 (HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

McDaniel, T, Krishna, S, Balasubramanian, V, Colbry, D & Panchanathan, S 2008, Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind. in HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings., 4685291, HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings, pp. 13-18, 7th Edition IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2008, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 10/18/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/HAVE.2008.4685291

McDaniel T, Krishna S, Balasubramanian V, Colbry D, Panchanathan S. Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind. In HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings. 2008. p. 13-18. 4685291. (HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/HAVE.2008.4685291

McDaniel, Troy ; Krishna, Sreekar ; Balasubramanian, Vineeth et al. / Using a haptic belt to convey non-verbal communication cues during social interactions to individuals who are blind. HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings. 2008. pp. 13-18 (HAVE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games Proceedings).

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