Preserving visual information in low resolution images during navigation of visually impaired

1st International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dakopoulos, D ^a   Bourbakis, N ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blinds' navigation; High tolow resolution; Low resolution 3D representations; Mobility assistant; Wearable system

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOBILE COMPUTING; NAVIGATION; STEREO VISION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

BLINDS' NAVIGATION; HIGH-TOLOW RESOLUTION; LOW RESOLUTION 3D REPRESENTATIONS; MOBILITY ASSISTANT; WEARABLE SYSTEM;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 57549108350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1389586.1389619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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