OUTDOOR/INDOOR VISION-BASED LOCALIZATION for BLIND PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE

International Journal of Image and Graphics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-496

  Treuillet, Sylvie ^a   Royer, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Computer vision; indoor outdoor localization; navigation assistance; visually impaired

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; NAVIGATION;

COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; OUTDOOR NAVIGATION; PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; VISION BASED LOCALIZATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84863186294     PISSN: 02194678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219467810003937     Document Type: Article

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