Bionic eyeglass: The first prototype A personal navigation device for visually impaired - A review

2008 1st International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, ISABEL 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Karacs, Kristof ^a   Lazar, Anna ^a   Wagner, Robert ^a   Balint, Bence ^a   Roska, Tamas ^a   Szuhaj, Mihaly ^b  

^a PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b IT for Visually Impaired Foundation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cellular computing; Personal navigation; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; CELLULAR COMPUTING; COMPUTING DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; NAVIGATION DATABASE; PERSONAL NAVIGATION; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; TECHNICAL COMMITTEES; VISUAL COMPUTER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 67650114074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISABEL.2008.4712625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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