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ActiveBelt: Belt-Type Wearable Tactile Display for Directional Navigation

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In this paper we propose a novel wearable interface called “ActiveBelt” that enables users to obtain multiple directional information with the tactile sense. Since the information provided by the tactile sense is relatively unobtrusive, it is suited for daily use in mobile environments. However, many existing systems don’t transmit complex information via the tactile sense. Most of them send only simple signals, such as vibration in cellular phones. ActiveBelt is a novel belt-type wearable tactile display that can transmit directional information. We have developed prototype systems and applications, evaluated system performance and usability, and demonstrated the possibility of practical use.

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  1. Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-8520, Japan

    Koji Tsukada

  2. Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, Japan

    Michiaki Yasumura

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  1. Computing Department, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, LA1 4WA, Lancaster, UK

    Nigel Davies

  2. GVU Center & School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Elizabeth D. Mynatt

  3. Department of Information Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, 112-8610, Tokyo, Japan

    Itiro Siio

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Tsukada, K., Yasumura, M. (2004). ActiveBelt: Belt-Type Wearable Tactile Display for Directional Navigation. In: Davies, N., Mynatt, E.D., Siio, I. (eds) UbiComp 2004: Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3205. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30119-6_23

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