Title :
A vision system design for blinds mobility assistance
Author :
Pissaloux, Edwige E.
Abstract :
This paper describes ongoing research project, "Intelligent glasses", on design and realization of technological non-invasive assistance for autonomous and secure displacements of blind, visually impaired and elderly people. Inclusion of cognitive elements in vision system functionality design and some biologically inspired cues accelerate the system efficiency of realization.
Keywords :
geriatrics; sensory aids; vision defects; biologically inspired cues; blind mobility assistance; blind people; cognition; elderly people; intelligent glasses; realization system efficiency acceleration; technological noninvasive assistance; vision ETA design; visually impaired people; Acceleration; Auditory system; Cognition; Cognitive robotics; Dynamic programming; Intelligent sensors; Machine vision; Mobile robots; Senior citizens; Time of arrival estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053316
