Development of a wearable computer orientation system

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-63

  Ross, David A ^a   Blasch, Bruce B ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Orientation aid; Street crossing; Visual impairment; Wearable computer; Wearable interfaces

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

BLINDNESS; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OUTDOOR TRIALS; SPEECH OUTPUT; STREET CROSSING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEARABLE INTERFACES;

WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

EID: 0141916075     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007790200005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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