Computer aided vision assistance for human blind

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-24

  Nagarajan, R ^a   Yaacob, Sazali ^a   Sainarayanan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUILDINGS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARPHONES; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; IMAGE SENSORS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VIDEO CAMERAS; VISION AIDS;

COMPUTER AIDED VISION; DIGITAL CAMERA; ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AIDS; HUMAN BLIND;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0347134614     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ica-2004-11102     Document Type: Article

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