TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a tactile sensor system for reading Braille
T2 - Fundamental characteristics of the prototype sensor system
AU - Tanaka, Mami
AU - Miyata, Kaoru
AU - Nishizawa, Tatsuo
AU - Chonan, Seiji
PY - 2005/8/1
Y1 - 2005/8/1
N2 - This paper is a study on the development of a tactile sensor system for reading Braille. The tactile sensor uses a PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) film as the sensory material. The sensor is attached to a slider driven by a DC servomotor and it is slid over a string of Braille with a constant speed to obtain the sensor output. A recognition system of Braille is proposed. In a recognition experiment, the sensor system is verified as to whether it has enough performance to recognize a string of letters appropriately. The obtained result shows that the proposed sensor and sensor system are effective to recognize Braille.
AB - This paper is a study on the development of a tactile sensor system for reading Braille. The tactile sensor uses a PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) film as the sensory material. The sensor is attached to a slider driven by a DC servomotor and it is slid over a string of Braille with a constant speed to obtain the sensor output. A recognition system of Braille is proposed. In a recognition experiment, the sensor system is verified as to whether it has enough performance to recognize a string of letters appropriately. The obtained result shows that the proposed sensor and sensor system are effective to recognize Braille.
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U2 - 10.1088/0964-1726/14/4/004
DO - 10.1088/0964-1726/14/4/004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23444447098
SN - 0964-1726
VL - 14
SP - 483
EP - 487
JO - Smart Materials and Structures
JF - Smart Materials and Structures
IS - 4
ER -