Fast, Low Resolution Edge Depth Maps and Their Application to a Blind Mobility Aid

Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Information Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 248-251

  Capp, Michael ^a   Picton, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; STEREO VISION; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

BLIND MOBILITY; EDGE DEPTH MAPS;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 1642330505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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