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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS
Transactions ID Number: 88-416
Full Name: Virgil Tiponut
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Electronic and Telecommunication Faculty, Bvd. Vasile Parvan 2, 300223 TIMISOARA
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: (0)728 150158
Tel prefix: +40
Fax: : (+40)-0256-403295
E-mail address: virgil.tiponut@etc.upt.ro
Other E-mails: virgil.tiponut@yahoo.com
Title of the Paper: : Work Directions and New Results in Electronic Travel Aids for Blind and Visually Impaired People
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Virgil Tiponut, Daniel Ianchis, Zoltan Haraszy, Mihai-Emanuel Basch, Ivan Bogdanov
Email addresses of all the authors: virgil.tiponut@etc.upt.ro, daniel.ianchis@etc.upt.ro, zoltan.haraszy@etc.upt.ro, bash_mihai@yahoo.com, ivan.bogdanov@etc.upt.ro
Number of paper pages: 12
Abstract: Many efforts have been invested in the last years, based on sensor technology and signal processing, to develop electronic travel aids (ETA) capable to improve the mobility of blind users in unknown or dynamically changing environment. In spite of these efforts, the already proposed ETAs do not meet the requirements of the blind community and the traditional tools (white cane and guiding dogs) are still the only used by visually impaired. In this paper, research efforts to improve the main two components of an ETA tool: the Obstacles Detection System (ODS) and the Man-machine Interface (MMI) are presented. Now, for the first time, the ODS under development is bioinspired from the visual system of insects, particularly from the locust and from the fly. Some original results of the author's team, related to the new concept of Acoustical Virtual Reality (AVR) used as a MMI is then discussed in more detail. Some conclusions and the further developments in this area are!
also presented.
Keywords: Visually impaired persons, Electronic travel aids, Obstacles detection system, Man-machine interface, Acoustical virtual reality
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Special (Invited) Session: : Work Directions and New Results in Electronic Travel Aids for Blind and Visually Impaired People
Organizer of the Session: 646-548
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