Auditory guidance with the navbelt-a computerized travel aid for the blind

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-467

  Shoval, Shraga ^a   Borenstein, Johann ^b   Koren, Yoram ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Computer aided instruction; Handicapped aids; Headphones; Sonar navigation

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HEADPHONES; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; SONAR;

ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AIDS (ETA);

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS;

EID: 0032141288     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5326.704589     Document Type: Article

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