Navigation and interaction with the surrounding environment represent major drawbacks for visually impaired people, which limit their independence and quality of life. Currently available aid devices (e.g., white canes) are not able to completely overcome these limitations. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the IN-SIGHT project will deliver a step-change device based on a wearable electromagnetic interface with haptic feedback that will be integrated inside a glove to improve the wearability and the performance of existing electronical travel aids. A radar with an array of flexible antennas will be proposed to sense the environment and provide feedback through flexible haptic actuators. This solution will enable a person to remotely “feel” their environment, sense and interact with nearby objects.
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Publications
JOURNAL PUblications
[1] Kapetanovic, A. L., Sacco, G., Poljak, D., Zhadobov, M., “Area-Averaged Transmitted and Absorbed Power Density on a Realistic Ear Model,” IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, pp. 1–7, 2022. doi: 10.1109/JERM.2022.3225380.
[2] Sacco, G., Mercuri, M., Hornung, R., Visser, H., Lorato, I., Pisa, S., Dolmans, G., “A SISO FMCW radar based on inherently frequency scanning antennas for 2-D indoor tracking of multiple subjects,” Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 16 701,
Oct. 2023. doi: 10 . 1038 / s41598 – 023 – 41541 – 3.
[3] Vadher, P., Sacco, G., Nikolayev, D., “Meandering Microstrip Leaky-Wave Antenna with Dual-band LinearCircular Polarization and Suppressed Open Stopband,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, pp. 1–1, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2023.3328558.
Conference publications
[1] Sacco, G., Kapetanovic, A., Poljak, D., Kapetanovic, A. L., “Near field exposure assessment of complex anatomical structures in 5G bands,” in 2023 General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI
GASS), Sapporo, Japan, Aug. 2023.
[2] Soares V. I., Vadher, P., Skivervik, A. K., Sacco, G., Nikolayev, D., “Analysis of Non-Canonical Body-Conformal Arrays with Polarization Decomposition,” in EuCAP 2023, Mar. 2022.
[3] Vadher, P., Sacco, G., Nikolayev, D., “Higher Spatial Harmonic Leaky Wave Antenna Design Based on Meandering Microstrips,” in EuCAP 2023, juin 2022.
[4] Vadher, P., Sacco, G., Nikolayev, D., “On-Body V-Band Leaky-Wave Antenna for Navigation and Safety Applications,” in 2022 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Bangalore, India : IEEE, Dec. 2022, p. 1741-1746, isbn : 978-1-66545-203-8. doi : 10.1109/MAPCON56011.2022.10047643.
Media
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Giulia Sacco, engineering at the service of health