2015 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Assisting Blind People to Interact with Public Displays
| Project/Area Number |
25330241
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| Research Institution | Kochi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
金 起範 高知工科大学, 総合研究所, 客員研究員 (20646963)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
任 向実 高知工科大学, 工学部, 教授 (00287442)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | HCI / Assistive Technology / Multi-modal Interface / Natural User Inteaction / CSCW / Mobile Interaction / Ubiquitous Technology / Haptic Interface |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the final year of this project, I could achieve the following results. First, the paper, Assisting People with Visual Impairments in Aiming at a Target on a Large Wall-Mounted Display, was published on the international journal of human-computer studies on March, 2016. It summarized as follows: Large interactive displays have become ubiquitous in our everyday lives, but these displays are designed for the needs of sighted people. Although a large number of studies have been done on assistive interfaces for people who have visual impairments, very few studies have been done on large vertical display applications for them. In this paper, we specifically addressed assisting people with visual impairments to aim at a target on a large wall-mounted display. We introduced a novel haptic device, which explored the use of vibrotactile feedback in blind user search strategies on a large wall-mounted display. Using mid-air gestures aided by vibrotactile feedback, we compared three target-aiming techniques: Random (baseline) and two novel techniques – Cruciform and Radial. In a broader sense, this work will be a stepping-stone for further research on interactive large public display technologies for users who are visually impaired. Second, we submitted one paper to the 29th ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST 2016), and are waiting for the results. The paper is titled as “Exploring Motion Marking Menus in Smartphones for People with Visual Impairments”.
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