A Braille Reading System Based on Electrotactile Display With Flexible Electrode Array

作     者：Ziliang Zhou Yicheng Yang Honghai Liu Ziliang Zhou;Yicheng Yang;Honghai Liu

作者机构：IEEE the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and VibrationShanghai Jiao Tong University the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and SystemsHarbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen 

出 版 物：《IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica》 (自动化学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第9卷第4期

页      面：735-737页

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学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 08[工学] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 

基　　金：supported by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(JCYJ20210324120214040) the Guangdong Science and Technology Research Council(2020B1515120064) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61733011,62003222)。 

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摘      要：Dear editor,Due to visual impairment and lack of social attention,the reading problem of the blind has not been well resolved.Many existing Braille reading devices still have many problems and are not accepted by the public.This paper developed a portable Braille reading system based on electrotactile display technology.The proposed system is composed of a six-channel electrotactile stimulator,a flexible electrode array for Braille display and a graphical user interface(GUI)for monitoring and control.Based on the flexibility of the system,two Braille reading strategies have been designed:spatial mode and sequential mode.The system was preliminary tested by six sighted subjects.The results showed that subjects were able to recognize Braille characters with more than 80%accuracy within less than 10 seconds for the initial use.Compared to existing Braille reading systems,this system is portable,wearable and flexible in control.