Naviton-a prototype mobility aid for auditory presentation of three-dimensional scenes to the visually impaired

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 696-708

  Bujacz, Michal ^a   Skulimowski, Piotr ^a   Strumillo, Pawel ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AIDSS; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; MOBILITY AIDS; MUSICAL TONES; PARAMETRIC DESCRIPTION; PILOT STUDIES; SONIFICATIONS; SPATIAL AUDIO; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES; VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

ALGORITHMS; AUDIO ACOUSTICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

VISION AIDS;

EID: 84868558915     PISSN: 15494950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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