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Haptic Hand Guidance
Haptic Hand Guidance

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Project Date Jan. 1, 2015 - Dec. 30, 2017
Sponsors: DoD
Keywords: haptics, accessibility, haptic feedback

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Example Haptic Wristband Prototypes

An example of our four- and eight-motor haptic wristband prototypes examined in our GI'16 and ASSETS'17 papers. Our custom-designed wristband could accommodate wrists of various shapes and sizes. Haptic motors were placed in 3D-printed cases using magneti

Precisely guiding a blind person’s hand or finger(s) can be useful for a range of applications from tracing printed text to learning and understanding shapes and gestures. In this research project, we design, build, and study a range of novel haptic devices and actuation patterns to provide directional hand or finger guidance. We explore haptic-only solutions as well as hybrid audio+haptic approaches. We derive implications for the design of finger-worn and wrist-worn directional haptic feedback and describe open areas for future work.

Publications

Evaluating Wrist-Based Haptic Feedback for Non-Visual Target Finding and Path Tracing on a 2D Surface

Jonggi Hong, Alisha Pradhan, Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater

Proceedings of ASSETS 2017 | Acceptance Rate: 26.2% (33 / 126)

keywords: wearables, haptics, accessibility, blind, blind users, haptic feedback, haptic wristband, directional guidance

PDF | doi | Citation | Touchscreen Accessibility • HandSight • Haptic Hand Guidance

Evaluating Haptic and Auditory Directional Guidance to Assist Blind People in Reading Printed Text Using Finger-Mounted Cameras

Lee Stearns, Ruofei Du, Uran Oh, Catherine Jou, Leah Findlater, David Ross, Jon E. Froehlich

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) 2016

keywords: wearables, handsight, accessibility, visual impairments, real-time ocr, blind reading

PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Haptic Hand Guidance

Evaluating Angular Accuracy of Wrist-based Haptic Directional Guidance for Hand Movement

Jonggi Hong, Lee Stearns, Tony Cheng, Jon E. Froehlich, David Ross, Leah Findlater

Proceedings of GI 2016 | Acceptance Rate: 39.4% (13 / 33)

keywords: wearables, haptics, non-visual directional guidance, handsight

PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Haptic Hand Guidance

We design, build, and evaluate interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges in accessibility, sustainability, education, and beyond.

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