An open architecture to develop a handheld device for helping visually impaired people

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1086-1093

  Battaglia, Filippo ^a   Iannizzotto, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies; handheld devices; image analysis; opensource software

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CLOSED SYSTEMS; HAND HELD DEVICE; LOW COSTS; MASS STORAGE; OPEN ARCHITECTURE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; PORTING SOFTWARE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE; WIRELESS CONNECTION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

HAND HELD COMPUTERS;

EID: 84867317249     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2012.6311360     Document Type: Article

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