• DocumentCode
    545087
  • Title

    Real time auditory coding of visual information

  • Author

    Capelle, C. ; Frère, B. ; Bolle, B. ; Trullemans, C. ; Veraart, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Neural Rehab. Engng Lab., Univ. de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
  • Firstpage
    1660
  • Lastpage
    1661
  • Abstract
    This paper deals with the design of a sensory substitution device for rehabilitation of early onset blindness. A visual scene is captured using a TV camera. Image processing achieves edge detection and graded resolution. Each pixel of the processed image is assigned a sinusoid; weighted summation of these sinusoids elaborates a complex auditory signal. Updating rate of this processing of visual scenes in auditory signals is above 12 Hz.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; hearing; medical image processing; patient rehabilitation; vision defects; TV camera; auditory signal; blindness rehabilitation; complex auditory signal; image processing; real time auditory coding; sensory substitution device; visual information; visual scene; Image resolution; Pixel; Software; TV;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761971
  • Filename
    5761971