A wearable stereo vision system for visually impaired

2012 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1423-1428

  Lin, Kai Wun ^a   Lau, Tak Kit ^a   Cheuk, Chi Ming ^a   Liu, Yunhui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3G NETWORKS; AVOID OBSTACLES; EMBEDDED PROCESSING; EMBEDDED PROCESSORS; FIFO BUFFER; LIVE VIDEO; MINIATURE CAMERAS; POWER EFFICIENT; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; REAL TIME VIDEOS; STEREO-VISION SYSTEM; STEREOIMAGES; TRAVEL AID; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USERS; WEARABLE DEVICES;

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER VISION; EYEGLASSES; MOBILE DEVICES; PARALLEL PROGRAMMING;

STEREO VISION;

EID: 84867618966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2012.6284345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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