The NavBelt - A computerized travel aid for the blind based on mobile robotics technology

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1376-1386

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

^a IEEE

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory localization; Binaural feedback; Mobile robots; Obstacle avoidance; Travel aid for the blind; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SIMULATORS; STEREOPHONIC RECEIVERS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

AUDITORY LOCALIZATION; BINAURAL FEEDBACK; MOBILE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY; NAVBELT SIMULATOR; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; STEREOPHONIC HEADPHONES; ULTRASONIC SENSOR;

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINAURAL HEARING; BLINDNESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISUAL AID;

ACOUSTICS; BLINDNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032211568     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.725334     Document Type: Article

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