ALICE: A smartphone assistant used to increase the mobility of visual impaired people

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 659-678

  Tapu, Ruxandra ^a,b   Mocanu, Bogdan ^a,b   Zaharia, Titus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

navigation assistant; obstacle detection and classification; smartphone device; Visual impaired mobility

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; AUDIO SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; SMARTPHONES;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; BONE-CONDUCTION HEADPHONES; GPS LOCALIZATIONS; OBSTACLE DETECTION; PRIORI INFORMATION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC OBSTACLES; VISUAL LANDMARK RECOGNITION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84941208871     PISSN: 18761364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AIS-150336     Document Type: Article

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