Tactile-Foot Stimulation Can Assist the Navigation of People with Visual Impairment

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/abb/volume-2015/798748/figures/798748.fig.009a.svgz" name="798748.fig.009a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Navigation in a structured environment. The broken yellow line represents the trajectory followed by the test subject</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/abb/volume-2015/798748/figures/798748.fig.009b.svgz" name="798748.fig.009b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Action upon assistance provided by the interface</td></tr></table>

<div>Situational awareness assistance during navigation.</div>

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Figure 9: Tactile-Foot Stimulation Can Assist the Navigation of People with Visual Impairment 