A navigation aid for blind people

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 387-400

  Bousbia Salah, Mounir ^a   Bettayeb, Maamar ^b   Larbi, Allal ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Blind people; Microcontroller; Navigation; Obstacle detection; Sensor

Indexed keywords

BLIND NAVIGATION; BLIND PEOPLE; NAVIGATION AIDS; OBSTACLE DETECTION; REAL-TIME INFORMATION; SONAR SENSOR; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; SYNTHETIC SPEECH;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MICROCONTROLLERS; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; SENSORS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84855431351     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-011-9555-7     Document Type: Article

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