A navigation system for the visually impaired an intelligent white cane

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4760-4763

  Fukasawa, A Jin ^a   Magatani, Kazusihge ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SENSORS; COLOR RECOGNITION; COLOR SENSORS; IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; INDOOR SPACE; RF-ID TAGS; TRIAXIALITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; WALKING DIRECTION; WHITE CANE;

COLOR; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CANE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SELF HELP; SENSORY AID; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SENSORY AIDS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870780504     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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