Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- ChamBadge(also: Chambadge)
- A wearable accessible cell phone device developed as part of the Talking Braille ubiquitous computing system for indoor wayfinding. The ChamBadge combines a cell phone with a bone-conduction headset, an infrared transceiver, and wireless networking capabilities, worn behind the…
- Chest-Mounted Camera(also: Body-Worn Camera, Torso Camera)
- A wearable camera mounted on the user's chest or torso to capture a first-person perspective of activities. In accessibility research, chest-mounted cameras are used to record BLV users' daily activities like cooking for dataset collection and to provide visual input for…
- Closed-Loop Control(also: Feedback Control)
- A control strategy in which a system continuously measures the current state, compares it to a desired reference, and adjusts its output to minimize the error. Contrasted with open-loop control, which acts without sensing outcomes. In assistive wearables, closed-loop control is…
- CyberGlove(also: CyberGlove II)
- A wearable motion-capture device in the form of a lightweight, elastic glove instrumented with bend sensors that measure the angles of finger joints during hand movement. CyberGloves are widely used in sign language research, virtual reality, and rehabilitation to record…
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