IN-SIGHT · a wearable electromagnetic INterface for contactlesS envIronmental sensinG with HapTic feedback
„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2022-10-01 → 2024-09-30
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 140 071 €
- Участници
- 3
- Схема
- HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF
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Накратко на български
Носимите електромагнитни интерфейси с тактилна обратна връзка помагат за по-доброто разпознаване на околната среда без допир. Те подобряват ориентацията и независимостта на хората със зрителни увреждания, като правят съществуващите електронни помощни средства по-надеждни и удобни за носене.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
a wearable electromagnetic INterface for contactlesS envIronmental sensinG with HapTic feedback
Navigation and interaction with the surrounding environment represent major drawbacks for visually impaired people, which limit their independence and quality of life. Currently available aid devices [e.g., white canes, and electronic travel aids (ETAs) based on radar, lidar and/or ultrasound sensors] are typically conceived as avoidance systems and prevent the traveller to build up a mental map of the area. While with the recent advances in electronics and biosensor-related fields some commercial solutions are starting to appear in the market their diffusion has not taken off. This is because the actual devices are not reliable enough and cannot offer an accurate guidance. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the IN-SIGHT project allowed for significant improvements in the field of wearable electromagnetic travel aids by improving their wearability and the performance of existing electronical travel aids.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
IN-SIGHT will contribute to the new generation of electronic travel aids (ETA) for visually impaired people by proposing the first augmented reality wearable electromagnetic haptic interface. The interface will be designed entirely on a flexible substrate and integrated inside a glove, replacing the actual generation of rigid bulky sensors. It will include a radar, an array of reconfigurable super-directive flexible antennas conformal to the body and a network of haptic actuators. The super-directive antennas together with ad-hoc designed super-resolution algorithm (i.e. overcoming the radar sensor resolution) will be proposed for an accurate sensing of the environment, aimed at improving the navigation ability of visually impaired people. The system will also allow to remotely feel the surrounding environment and objects’ shape. The haptic actuators located inside the glove will be used to convey a contactless tactile sensation to the user. A solid phantom of the human hand will be used to experimentally test the exposure and device performance for multiple conditions and realistic scenarios.This proposal is perfectly in line with the research priorities of the EU, since it aims to boost the innovation in digital technologies and wearable electronics, while facilitating the integration of visually impaired people in the society and significantly improving their independence. IN-SIGHT is an intrinsically interdisciplinary and intersectoral project, involving antenna design, radar signal processing, bioelectromagnetics, and haptics. This fellowship will be carried out at Université de Rennes 1/IETR (FR) thanks to the unique available know how in flexible antennas, microelectronics, and bioelectromagnetics, under supervision of Prof. R. Sauleau. A secondment (4 months) is also planned in the Rogers research group, Northwestern University (USA), under supervision of Professor J. A. Rogers, worldwide expert in wearable and flexible biosensors.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisКоординаторФранция
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CORPORATION · EVANSTONСъединени щати
- UNIVERSITE DE RENNES · RennesФранция
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз