By thorsten maucher, johannes schemmel and karlheinz meier. Sensory substitution devices ssds can convey visuospatial information through spatialised auditory or tactile stimulation using wearable technology. Tvss tactile visual substitution system vrd virtual retinal display. Sensory substitution sensub is an approach that allows perceiving environmental information that is normally received via one sense e.
We have previously developed tactile vision substitution systems tvss to deliver. For these, solenoid stimulators were employed that provided stimuli according to the visual image of a video camera bachyrita et al. The sensor records stimuli and gives them to a coupling system which interprets these signals and transmits them to a stimulator. Blind subjects were initially trained to control the camera, including manual. Thus requiring 120,000 elements for a 20x15 display but diagonal lines could be felt to be broken. Nature 221 1969 several different technologies have been explored to construct devices which are able to provide blind subjects with a substitution for vision making use of their tactile perception. Alternative visualization of textual information for people. Mar 25, 2009 the heidelberg tactile vision substitution system. Sensory substitution is a noninvasive method for restoring a sense of the environment. Wish you all the best for your presentation group number topic members 1 noninvasive brainactuated control of a arun k s mobile robot by human eeg nithin k r devidayal soman rahul remanan 2. Pdf electrotactile displays for sensory substitution system. Conscious sensation, conscious perception and sensorimotor. Dakopolous and bourbakis 2010 suggest the following principles for any sensory substitution system for vision.
Use of sensory substitution devices as a model system for. We recently developed a feedback interface for multiple degrees of freedom myoelectric prosthesis that allows proprioceptive and sensory information i. Tactile vision substitution with smartphone and electrotactile display abstract this paper documents the development and evaluation of a novel tactile vision substitution system tvss for the people with visual impairments. Basically the tvss system developed in heidelberg is based on a dedicated vision chip to capture and process the image, a conventional laptop pc to control the hardware units and to carry out further image processing and a tactile output device. The unit can be positioned at any location on a two dimensional surface to explore the line structure of a.
Ruprechtkarls universitat heidelberg, kirchhoffinstitut fur physik. The following is the list of seminar topics chosen by the teams from various paper published in the biomedical engg. The heidelberg tactile vision substitution system request pdf. Via the control computer, the stimuli can be manipulated interactively or a prepared script can be launched by the dedicated tactile vision substitution system control software tvsscs. We have built and operated a tactile vision substitution system based on 48 piezoelectric. Key general considerations for sensory substitution. Evaluation of a pneumatically driven tactile stimulator. The main drawback of the commercially available myoelectric hand prostheses is the absence of somatosensory feedback. Citeseerx the heidelberg tactile vision substitution system. What is the abbreviation for tactile vision substitution system. The most famous sensory substitution device is the tactile visual sensory. Dec 02, 2015 while the optacon presented tactile images of small areas, the tactile vision sensory substitution system developed by bachyrita et al.
Identification of the optimum resolution specification for a. Iwann 2007, lncs 4507, springer verlag berlin heidelberg. Handbook of computer vision and applications volume 3 systems and applications editors bernd jahne interdisciplinary center for scienti. Tactile vision substitution with tablet and electrotactile. Identification of the optimum resolution specification for. This paper addresses this issue, by developing portable tactile vision substitution a system for a tablet. Making it unfit as it is slow because of available technology. However, the level of information loss associated with this transformation is unknown.
At the university of heidelberg in germany a tactile vision and substitution system was developed 51, which can be positioned at any location on a two dimensional surface to explore the line. An early example of tactile sensory substitution is provided by the tactile vision sensory substitution tvss system, created by paul bachyrita and his collaborators 3. Although an alternate solution has been provided in heidelberg tactile vision substitution system reducing no taxels as compared to visual pixels but without much success. The vtmouse is a standard size computer mouse for the blind 7, which consists three tactile stimulation arrays of 32 pins each 4x8 and provide tactile stimuli to the fingers at different heights 4 levels. The design and preliminary evaluation of a finger mounted. Tactile vision substitution system how is tactile vision. Sensory substitution devices ssds enable noninvasive visual information to blind. The most noteworthy systems include the optacon telesensory corp. This is the basis for our tactile vision substitution system tvss studies that, starting in 1963, have demonstrated that visual information and the subjective qualities of seeing can be obtained. Its relevance to tactile sensory substitution studies. Studies with tactile vision substitution for congenitally blind persons provide an. Objective evaluation of spatial information acquisition using a. Alternative visualization of textual information for people with sensory impairment academic dissertation to be presented, with the permission of the faculty of information sciences of the university of tampere, for public discussion in the b1100 auditorium of the university on november 18th, 2005, at 12 noon.
Using a special purpose single taxelbased device, users discover with tact some virtual objects of increasing geometrical complexity, while eeg signals are recorded. Stereo vision based sensory substitution for the visually. They gave the blind person the ability to manipulates a television camera mounted on a tripod, which scans objects placed on a table in front of him. A considerable advantage of using tactile sensory substitution is the underutilization of tactile perception with some important exceptions in everyday locomotion, whereas the auditory modality is constantly demanded in our daily activities. The heidelberg tactile vision substitution system citeseerx. In particular, we are interested in all aspects of image understanding and visual object recognition in images and video. May 29, 2015 while the optacon presented tactile images of small areas, the tactile vision sensory substitution system developed by bachyrita et al. Tactile communication frameworks based on vibrotactile signals have been produced as sensory substitution devices for those with visual, auditory, or vestibular hindrances and to help clients in spatial orientation and navigation. Interesting substitution devices have been developed that are handheld hugues et al. Investigations of the capacity of the visual system reveal that it has four orders of magnitude greater bandwidth than haptic perception kokjer. The first sensory substitution device was the white cane which is still widely used by the blind community.
The visual systems of humans and higher animals exhibit a remarkable ability to recognize seen objects robustly and with high speed, tolerant of many variances for example in positional shift, view angle, illumination conditions, and unaffected by deviations from a learned prototype object or partial occlusion. Spectralis oct the modular imaging platform heidelberg. Jan 24, 2020 sensory substitution is a change in the qualities of ones sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality. This technique, developed originally by barbier as a means for writing and reading in the dark for the french military in the napoleonic era, was later revised by louis braille to enable the blind to read by substituting visual letters with tactile ones. This platform allows clinicians to configure each spectralis to the specific diagnostic workflow in the practice or clinic. The system uses audiotactile methods to present features of visual. With prinect prepress interface you import presettings from prepress. Pdf about visual sensory substitution researchgate. The modelling process has been constrained and informed by the capacity of human subjects both to consciously describe their own strategies, and to apply explicit strategies.
This paper proposes a method to objectively assess the degree of sensory transfer in a visuo tactile sensory substitution task. Computer vision heidelberg collaboratory for image. Indeed vision has special properties, such as its high informational capacity or bandwidth, and its capacity for parallel processing, that exceeds those of the other senses. Braille is another example of tactile sensory substitution, and software. The device is composed of an array of optical sensors and an electro tactile display for one finger. The system is composed of an electrotactile display with 512 electrodes, the same number of optical sensors. We have built and operated a tactile vision substitution system based on 48 piezoelectric actuators assembled in a movable tactile output unit. We describe here a vision substitution system which is being developed as a practical aid for the blind and as a means of studying the processing. We describe here a vision substitution system which is being developed as a practical aid for the blind and as a means of studying the processing of afferent information in the central nervous system.
Maucher, thorsten, schemmel, johannes and meier, karlheinz 2000. The physiology of human vision what you perceive about the world around you is all in your head. A tactile vision substitution system for the study of active sensing. Accessing audiotactile images with hfve silooet david dewhurst. Welcome to the computer vision research group at the ruprechtkarlsuniversity heidelberg. A low resolution image sensor for tactile vision sensory. In international conference on computers helping people with special needs icchp2000. In this context, the actual scene understanding is performed by the user, based on the audio and haptic feedback. Dans international conference on computers helping people with special needs icchp2000.
The unit can be positioned at any location on a two dimensional surface to explore the line structure of a virtual image. Morse code, or in deaf persons learning manual communication 1984. Form perception with a 49point electrotactile stimulus. Provi ding similar in formation about the environment, in tactile form, to a human operato r. Bachyrita p, collins cc, saunders fa, white b, scadden l. Although still at an early stage, our envisioned system will consist of tiny cmos cameras 1. The tactile helmet project craig bertram1, mathew h.
Pdf electrotactile displays for sensory substitution. Noninvasive brainactuated control of a mobile robot by human eeg perfusion functional mri reveals cerebral blood flow pattern under psychological stress a wirelessimplantable microsystem for continuous blood glucose monitoring study of interaction of pacemaker electrode with high frequency rf fields. Feb 01, 20 electromechanical tactile stimulation system for sensory vision substitution electromechanical tactile stimulation system for sensory vision substitution 20201 00. The neural mechanisms of vision in humans are more complex than for the other senses. All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. It is the only system worldwide that lets you perform. Electromechanical tactile stimulation system for sensory. Electromechanical tactile stimulation system for sensory vision substitution electromechanical tactile stimulation system for sensory vision substitution 20201 00. The unit can be positioned at any location on a two dimensional surface to. Sensory substitution is a change of the characteristics of one sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality a sensory substitution system consists of three parts. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Proceedings of 6th international conference on computers helping people with special needs, icchp 2000 2000.
Tactile interaction the encyclopedia of humancomputer. Optimization of semiautomated calibration algorithm of. We have previously developed tactile vision substitution systems tvss to deliver visual information to the brain via arrays of stimulators in contact with the skin of one of several parts of the body abdomen, back, thigh, fingertip. Tactile devices and display, humancomputer interaction, percep. The phenomenology of peoples use of sensory substitution systems is easily explained by a distinction between conscious sensation and perception. The heidelberg tactile vision substitution system thorsten.
Taskselectivity in the sensory deprived brain and sensory. Alternative visualization of textual information for people with sensory impairment academic dissertation. Form perception with a 49point electrotactile stimulus array. Tactile graphics di splays can be connected but the portability is sacrificed. Oct, multiple scanning laser fundus imaging modalities, widefield and ultrawidefield, scanning laser angiography and oct angiography. Teaching and research in integrated microelectronics a laboratory for design and test of integrated sensor chips has been set up and a course program for physics students has been introduced. The heidelberg tactile vision substitution system imageguided surgery and medical robotics in the cranial area.
The display unit requires a working pressure of 36 bar, which is provided by an external compressor and a reduction valve to reduce the primary pressure. Tactile vision substitution with tablet and electro. The first such structured substitution system is probably braille reading. Jul 02, 2015 thus requiring 120,000 elements for a 20x15 display but diagonal lines could be felt to be broken. Our own endeavors at the smithkettlewell institute of visual sciences have been directed toward development of a tactile vision substitution system tvss to present pictorial. Vision substitution by tactile image projection nature. Heidelberg engineerings service mission is to provide the best possible service and support globally in our industry while increasing value by listening to our customers, and displaying the passion to exceed their needs with a sense of urgency and through innovative thinking and problem solving. For example, in a tactile visual substitution system tvss a twodimensional array of vibrators is 7 oregan 7 acknowledges that vision can occur without action, and claims that being poised. Objective evaluation of spatial information acquisition using. Request pdf the heidelberg tactile vision substitution system we have built and operated a tactile vision substitution system based on 48 piezoelectric actuators assembled in a movable tactile. Since the pioneering work performed by bachyrita et al. Handbook of computer vision and applications, volume 3.
Refreshable tactile graphics applied to schoolbook. Form perception with a 49point electrotactile stimulus array on the tongue. One of the most cited studies to date, the heidelberg tactile vision substitution system tvss maucher, 2000, uses a large pin array 164 mm. Alternative visualization of textual information for. A tactile vision substitution system for the study of. Teaching and research in integrated microelectronics.
The tactile helmet is designed to augment a wearers senses with lon grange touch. Tactile devices and display, humancomputer interaction, perception and psychophysics. This enables you to get the most from your machine at all times thanks to m aintenance, remote functions, perfectly coordinated consumables, and an international service and spare parts network. The strategies of action employed by a human subject in order to perceive simple 2d forms on the basis of tactile sensory feedback have been modelled by an explicit computer algorithm. The heidelberg tactile vision substitution system thorsten maucher, johannes schemmel and karlheinz meier ruprechtkarls universitat heidelberg, kirchhoffinstitut fur physik schroderstrasse 90, d69120 heidelberg phone. The heidelberg tactile vision substitution system core. How much spatial information is lost in the sensory. Tvss abbreviation stands for tactile vision substitution system. In this paper, recent developments of the hfve visionsubstitution system are described. The tactile vision substitution system tvss is an even more appealing example since it was designed to transduce more complex optical images into tactile stimulation and to be capable of providing a far greater variety of environmental information. Jun 16, 2000 teaching and research in integrated microelectronics a laboratory for design and test of integrated sensor chips has been set up and a course program for physics students has been introduced. Jun 20, 2019 the solution presented in this paper is integrated in a sensory substitution device ssd, sound of vision sov, a wearable assistive equipment providing acoustic and tactile descriptions of both indoor and outdoor environments. Plastic brain mechanisms in sensory substitution springerlink.
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