ARTIFICIAL VISION for the BLIND: A BIO-INSPIRED ALGORITHM for OBJECTS and OBSTACLES DETECTION

International Journal of Image and Graphics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-544

  Dramas, Florian ^a   Thorpe, Simon J ^a   Jouffrais, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

artificial vision; assistive device; Blind; object recognition; optic flow

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER VISION; OBJECT DETECTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL FLOWS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; VISION;

ARTIFICIAL VISION SYSTEM; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BIO-INSPIRED ALGORITHMS; BLIND; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM; OPTIC FLOW; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 85073185777     PISSN: 02194678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219467810003871     Document Type: Article

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