Triangulating laser profilometer as a three-dimensional space perception system for the blind

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 31, 1997, Pages 8227-8232

  Farcy, R ^a   Damaschini, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Laser profilometry; Navigational aids for the blind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004545319     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008227     Document Type: Article

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