Title :
Artificial Neural Networks for Real Time Reader Devices
Author :
Ros, Paolo Motto ; Pasero, Eros
Abstract :
STIPER is an Italian national project whose aim is the study of devices to help blind people in daily activities. The core of the portable reader device is based on Artificial Neural Networks, used to recognize characters in real time beyond the fingers of blind people flowing on labels, restaurant menus and other printed objects. Neural Nets outputs are used to drive a Braille matrix, stimulating the fingertips of a blind person, and to speak by means of a common PDA device.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; neural nets; notebook computers; real-time systems; vision defects; Braille matrix; PDA device; STIPER Italian national project; artificial neural network; blind people assistance; portable reader device; real time reader device; Artificial neural networks; Bars; Books; Character recognition; Displays; Fingers; Haptic interfaces; Laboratories; Personal communication networks; Printers;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks, 2007. IJCNN 2007. International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1379-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1098-7576
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.2007.4371341
