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FLIPPS for the Blind - An Object Detector for Medium Distances Using Concerted Fingertip Stimulation

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The idea of FLIPPS is to design, implement, and evaluate a vibro-tactile device that is composed of a photo diode, vibro-tactile stimulator, microcontroller and power supply. The stimulator is attached to the finger tip and activated when light illumination exceeds a defined threshold. The subject (blind person) receives the reflected light from the objects and, based on brain plasticity principles, can interactively learn to construct a mental image of the objects and of the scenery. The FLIPPS idea is based on sensory substitution theory; here, substituting visual inputs by haptic vibrations.

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  1. Technical University of Denmark, Oersteds Plads b.352, DK-2800, Lyngby

    Hans-Heinrich Bothe & Sermed Al-Hamdani

  2. Technical University of Berlin, Einsteinufer 17/EN3, D-10587, Berlin

    Hans-Heinrich Bothe

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  1. Hans-Heinrich Bothe
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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 49, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study,, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

  4. University of San Francisco The Universal Math Access Lab, 281 Masonic, 94117, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

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Bothe, HH., Al-Hamdani, S. (2010). FLIPPS for the Blind - An Object Detector for Medium Distances Using Concerted Fingertip Stimulation. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_41

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