Relaying scene information to the blind via sound using cartoon depth maps

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 570-577

  Picton, Phil D ^a   Capp, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind navigation aids; Real time vision; Stereoscopic vision

Indexed keywords

BLIND EQUALIZATION; EDGE DETECTION; SPECIAL EFFECTS;

BLIND NAVIGATION AIDS; EDGE DEPTH MAPS; REAL-TIME VISION; SCENE REPRESENTATION; STEREO EDGE DEPTH; STEREOSCOPIC VISION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 38149134578     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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