Fuzzy image processing scheme for autonomous navigation of human blind

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 257-264

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

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blind navigation; Electronic travel aid; Fuzzy clustering; Image processing; Pattern recognition; Sonification; Vision substitution

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; EARPHONES; FUZZY CONTROL; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

BLIND NAVIGATION; ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AID; FUZZY CLUSTERING; NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (NAVI) SYSTEM; OBSTACLE IDENTIFICATION; STEREO SOUND PATTERNS; VISION SUBSTITUTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33750944370     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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