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PRESENCE
1998
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13 years 4 months ago
Navigation System for the Blind: Auditory Display Modes and Guidance
The research we are reporting here is part of our effort to develop a navigation system for the blind. Our long-term goal is to create a portable, self-contained system that will ...
Jack M. Loomis, Reginald G. Golledge, Roberta L. K...
ASSETS
2006
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
PLUMB: : an interface for users who are blind to display, create, and modify graphs
We demonstrate the most recent version of our system to communicate graphs and relational information to blind users. We have developed a system called exPLoring graphs at UMB (PL...
Matt Calder, Robert F. Cohen, Jessica A. Lanzoni, ...
ICRA
1994
IEEE
99views Robotics» more  ICRA 1994»
13 years 8 months ago
Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance in a Computerized Travel Aid for the Blind
A blind traveler walking through an unfamiliar environment, and a mobile robot navigating through a cluttered environment have an important feature in common: both have the kinema...
Shraga Shoval, Johann Borenstein, Yoram Koren
DIMEA
2008
223views Multimedia» more  DIMEA 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
Toward accessible 3D virtual environments for the blind and visually impaired
3D virtual environments are increasingly used for education, business and recreation but are often inaccessible to users who are visually impaired, effectively creating a digital ...
Gareth R. White, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Graham McA...
ICMCS
2005
IEEE
85views Multimedia» more  ICMCS 2005»
13 years 10 months ago
Personally Customizable Group Navigation System Using Cellular Phones and Wireless Ad-Hoc Communication
Due to the progress of portable computing devices such as PDAs, cellular phones and small sized PCs, many personal navigation systems have been developed which navigate their user...
Yoshitaka Nakamura, Guiquan Ren, Masatoshi Nakamur...