A walking guidance system for the visually impaired

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1171-1186

  Lee, Sang Woong ^a   Kang, Seonghoon ^b   Lee, Seong Whan ^b  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aid for the visually impaired; Portable computer vision system; Walking guidance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; REMOTE CONTROL;

AID FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OBSTACLE DETECTION; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; PEOPLE DETECTION; PORTABLE COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; STEREO CAMERAS; TEXT RECOGNITION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEDESTRIANS; WALKING GUIDANCE;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 52149120062     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001408006727     Document Type: Article

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