A wearable system for mobility improvement of visually impaired people

Visual Computer

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Cardin, Sylvain ^a   Thalmann, Daniel ^a   Vexo, Frédéric ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Vibrotactile; Visually impaired; Wearable

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SENSORY AIDS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SONAR;

MOBILITY IMPROVEMENT; VIBROTACTILE FEEDBACK; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE; WEARABLE SYSTEM;

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS;

EID: 33846191200     PISSN: 01782789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00371-006-0032-4     Document Type: Article

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