Watch your head: A wearable collision warning system for the blind

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1922-1927

  Jameson, Brant ^a   Manduchi, Roberto ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND USERS; COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AIDSS; FALSE ALARM RATE; FORM FACTORS; POWER CONSUMPTION; WARNING SIGNALS; WEARABLE SENSORS; WORK IN PROGRESS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIGITAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 79951872449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5690002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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