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[1] Jia Zhen, Li Jianqing, Xiao Yong,. Evaluating effectiveness of four-parameter compound tactonsfor conveying urban navigation information [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2015, 31 (3): 363-368. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2015.03.011]
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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:
31
Issue:
2015 3
Page:
363-368
Research Field:
Computer Science and Engineering
Publishing date:
2015-09-20

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Title:
Evaluating effectiveness of four-parameter compound tactonsfor conveying urban navigation information
Author(s):
Jia Zhen Li Jianqing Xiao Yong
School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Keywords:
tactile icons navigation information thermal display vibrotactile feedback
PACS:
TP391
DOI:
10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2015.03.011
Abstract:
To guide pedestrians to navigate in a strange city and reduce the cognitive overload suffered when walking, thermal change direction, vibration stimulation direction, intensity variation and body location are employed to construct four-parameter compound tactons. They are mapped to four different types of navigation message: route attribute, intersection type, distance and heading direction. One psychological experiment was conducted. The derived confusion matrices were used to investigate recognition rates and information transfer for compound tactons, and non-parameter tests were employed to analyze the effect of each parameter on the number of correct responses. Experimental results show that the overall identification rate for four-parameter tactons is 88.72% by using different tactile parameters, and 19.64 icons can be identified reliably in all 32 tactile icons according to the information transfer value. Thermal changes can be an effective supplement to vibrotactile icons. This suggests that compound tactons will be a promising method of conveying complex information when navigating in a virtual or real urban environment.

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Memo:
Biographies: Jia Zhen(1987—), male, graduate; Li Jianqing(corresponding author), male, doctor, professor, ljq@seu.edu.cn.
Foundation items: The Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK2012560), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(No. 20130092110060).
Citation: Jia Zhen, Li Jianqing, Xiao Yong. Evaluating effectiveness of four-parameter compound tactons for conveying urban navigation information[J].Journal of Southeast University(English Edition), 2015, 31(3):363-368.[doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2015.03.011]
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