An obstacle segmentation and classification system for the visually impaired

2010 International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies, ISOT 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  O'Callaghan, Kieran J ^a   O'Mahony, Michael J ^a  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Human machine interface(HMI); Sensory substitution systems; Time of flight (TOF)

Indexed keywords

3D INFORMATION; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BLIND INDIVIDUALS; BRAIN STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN BRAIN; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-MODAL; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; OBSTACLE SEGMENTATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSE ORGANS; SENSORY MODALITY; SENSORY SUBSTITUTION; STATE OF THE ART; SUBSTITUTION SYSTEMS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF); VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL SENSORY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

OPHTHALMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 79951474358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISOT.2010.5687345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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