A customizable camera-based human computer interaction system allowing people with disabilities autonomous hands-free navigation of multiple computing tasks

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4397 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 28-42

  Akram, Wajeeha ^a   Tiberii, Laura ^a   Betke, Margrit ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative input devices; Assistive technology; Autonomous navigation; Computer vision; Video based human computer interfaces

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; DETERIORATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOBS; MAPPING; NAVIGATION; USER INTERFACES; VISUAL SERVOING;

ALTERNATIVE INPUT DEVICES; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; HIERARCHICAL NAVIGATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION (HCI); HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION SYSTEM; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; VIDEO-BASED HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACES;

MAMMALS;

EID: 38149052823     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71025-7_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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