Triangulating laser profilometer as a navigational aid for the blind: Optical aspects

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1161-1165

  Farcy, R ^a   Denise, B ^a   Damaschini, R ^b  

^a Laboratoire Prothèse Visuelle   (Morocco)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Laser profilometry; Navigational aids for the blind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005427543     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001161     Document Type: Article

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