A 2D vibration array as an assistive device for visually impaired

Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 930-937

  Dakopoulos, D ^a   Boddhu, S K ^a   Bourbakis, N ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind's navigation; Formal language; Vibrotactile; Visually impaired; Wearable system

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CAMERAS; COMPUTERS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; LINGUISTICS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOBILE COMPUTING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

2D ARRAYS; 3D REPRESENTATIONS; 3D SPACES; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BLIND'S NAVIGATION; CAPTURE IMAGES; DARK GLASSES; MINIATURE CAMERAS; NAVIGATION DEVICES; PORTABLE COMPUTERS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS; SURROUNDING OBSTACLES; VIBROTACTILE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; WEARABLE SYSTEM;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 47649101316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2007.4375670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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