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Trajectory Correction for Visually Impaired Athletes on 100 m Paralympic Races

2021; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-85799-8_33

2367-3370

Luiz Alberto Queiroz Cordovil Júnior, Gabriel Tadayoshi Rodrigues Oka, Moisés Pereira Bastos, Renan Lima Baima, Nilton Cesar Ferst, Ana Carolina Oliveira Lima, Ana Isabel Martins, Nelson Pacheco Rocha,

Hand Gesture Recognition Systems

The paper reports an experimental study that was carried out in Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil) with the participation of eight visually impaired athletes on 100 m sprint Paralympic races. A trajectory correction system was used, based on an accelerometer and a gyroscope for motion detection, an algorithm to track the athlete’s trajectories and a haptic actuator for the interaction with the athletes. The experimental results show the relevance in the use of this type of systems in Paralympic 100 m races for visually impaired athletes, mainly with the purpose of increasing their autonomy by mimicking their guides.