TY - GEN
T1 - Synchronized Running
T2 - 2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference, WHC 2019
AU - Hirano, Tomohisa
AU - Kanebako, Junichi
AU - Saraiji, M. H.D.Yamen
AU - Peiris, Roshan Lalintha
AU - Minamizawa, Kouta
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was done in collaboration with JBMA, NPO corporation which sponsor the event about blind marathon. This work was partially supported by the JSPS Kakenhi (JP18K18094). Also, we thank the participators who joined our usability tests.
Funding Information:
This work was done in collaboration with JBMA, NPO corporation which sponsor the event about blind marathon. This work was partially supported by the JSPS Kakenhi (JP18K18094). Also, we thank the participators who joined our usability tests.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Blind marathon is a sport where visually impaired people can run with sighted guides in pairs. In this paper, we present an assistant system for blind marathon runners called "Synchronized Running" that improves the guidance experience for the runners. Our proposed system allows both runners to match their running tempo and synchronize with each other, similar to a three-legged race case, without any direct physical attachment. Two modules are located on the ankle of both runners, that measure the acceleration of the visually impaired runner, and provide haptic feedback to the guide's ankle according the tempo of the running pace. This synchronization allows the guide to grasp a comfortable running pace towards the visually impaired person, allowing seamless running communication between both runners. The evaluation results indicate that our system encourage runners (primarily novice guides) to achieve comfortable guidance running experience toward the blind runners.
AB - Blind marathon is a sport where visually impaired people can run with sighted guides in pairs. In this paper, we present an assistant system for blind marathon runners called "Synchronized Running" that improves the guidance experience for the runners. Our proposed system allows both runners to match their running tempo and synchronize with each other, similar to a three-legged race case, without any direct physical attachment. Two modules are located on the ankle of both runners, that measure the acceleration of the visually impaired runner, and provide haptic feedback to the guide's ankle according the tempo of the running pace. This synchronization allows the guide to grasp a comfortable running pace towards the visually impaired person, allowing seamless running communication between both runners. The evaluation results indicate that our system encourage runners (primarily novice guides) to achieve comfortable guidance running experience toward the blind runners.
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U2 - 10.1109/WHC.2019.8816134
DO - 10.1109/WHC.2019.8816134
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85072784174
T3 - 2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference, WHC 2019
SP - 25
EP - 30
BT - 2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference, WHC 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 9 July 2019 through 12 July 2019
ER -