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2003
IEEE
178views Virtual Reality» more  VR 2003»
13 years 10 months ago
HOMERE: a Multimodal System for Visually Impaired People to Explore Virtual Environments
This paper describes the HOMERE system: a multimodal system dedicated to visually impaired people to explore and navigate inside virtual environments. The system addresses three m...
Anatole Lécuyer, Pascal Mobuchon, Christine...
TSP
2008
126views more  TSP 2008»
13 years 4 months ago
HOS-Based Semi-Blind Spatial Equalization for MIMO Rayleigh Fading Channels
In this paper we concentrate on the direct semi-blind spatial equalizer design for MIMO systems with Rayleigh fading channels. Our aim is to develop an algorithm which can outperf...
Zhiguo Ding, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah, Colin Cowan
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Computer vision-based clear path guidance for blind wheelchair users
We describe a system for guiding blind and visually impaired wheelchair users along a clear path that uses computer vision to sense the presence of obstacles or other terrain feat...
Volodymyr Ivanchenko, James Coughlan, William Gerr...
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
A Modality Replacement Framework for the Communication between Blind and Hearing Impaired People
This paper presents a multimodal framework for the communication between blind and hearing impaired people. The algorithms that are developed are based on the concept of modality r...
Konstantinos Moustakas, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Laila ...
COSIT
2009
Springer
133views GIS» more  COSIT 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
SeaTouch: A Haptic and Auditory Maritime Environment for Non Visual Cognitive Mapping of Blind Sailors
Abstract. Navigating consists of coordinating egocentric and allocentric spatial frames of reference. Virtual environments have afforded researchers in the spatial community with ...
Mathieu Simonnet, Dan Jacobson, Stephane Vieillede...