Role of object identification in sonification system for visually impaired

IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 735-739

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

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; FUZZY SETS; HEARING AIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; VISION;

ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AIDS (ETA); OBJECT IDENTIFICATION; SINGLE BOARD PROCESSING SYSTEMS (SBPS); SOUND CONVERSIONS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 2342625200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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