Electronic cane for visually impaired persons: Empirical examination of its usability and effectiveness

Sung Yeon Kim; Ki Joon Kim; S. Shyam Sundar; Frank Biocca

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5086-9_10

Electronic cane for visually impaired persons: Empirical examination of its usability and effectiveness

Sung Yeon Kim
, Ki Joon Kim
, S. Shyam Sundar
, Frank Biocca

Film-Video and Media Studies

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Abstract

Although various types of electronic mobility aids for visually impaired persons have been developed as alternatives to the conventional white cane, users still have much doubt on the effectiveness and usability of these newly introduced aids. To identify ways to improve usability and effectiveness of electronic cane, a task performance study was conducted to examine the usability level of electronic canes using performance metrics (based on time-consumption and error rates). 20 visually impaired persons with and without prior experience using a white cane participated in a 2x2 factorial mixed-design experiment, in which they used two types of cane (white vs. electronic). Results showed that an electronic cane was more effective in avoiding obstacles than a white cane for both experienced and inexperienced users, and previous experience with a white cane was found to be beneficial for timely task completion.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Human Centric Technology and Service in Smart Space, HumanCom 2012
Pages	71-76
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5086-9_10
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 International Conference on Human-Centric Computing, HumanCom 2012 - Gwangju, Korea, Republic of Duration: Sep 6 2012 → Sep 8 2012

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Name	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume	182 LNEE
ISSN (Print)	1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)	1876-1119

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Other	2012 International Conference on Human-Centric Computing, HumanCom 2012
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Gwangju
Period	9/6/12 → 9/8/12

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Kim, SY, Kim, KJ, Sundar, SS & Biocca, F 2012, Electronic cane for visually impaired persons: Empirical examination of its usability and effectiveness. in Human Centric Technology and Service in Smart Space, HumanCom 2012. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 182 LNEE, pp. 71-76, 2012 International Conference on Human-Centric Computing, HumanCom 2012, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of, 9/6/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5086-9_10

Electronic cane for visually impaired persons: Empirical examination of its usability and effectiveness. / Kim, Sung Yeon; Kim, Ki Joon; Sundar, S. Shyam et al.
Human Centric Technology and Service in Smart Space, HumanCom 2012. 2012. p. 71-76 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; Vol. 182 LNEE).

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