Functional assessment of a camera phone-based wayfinding system operated by blind and visually impaired users

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-397

  Coughlan, James ^a   Manduchi, Roberto ^b  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Fiducial design; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS; CAMERA PHONE; CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; COLOR MARKERS; FIDUCIAL DESIGN; MOTION BLUR; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; REAL TIME; SCANNING STRATEGIES; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WAY-FINDING SYSTEMS; WAYFINDING;

CAMERAS; COLOR; COMPUTER VISION; LOCATION; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS;

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67651100409     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213009000196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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