Supporting technologies for weak-eyesight persons - Automatic color conversion and training vision -

Author

Yokota, Sho ; Hashimoto, Hiroshi ; Sasaki, Akinori ; Takeda, Daisuke ; Ohyama, Yasuhiro

Author_Institution

Tokyo Univ. of Technol., Tokyo

fYear

2007

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

3064

Lastpage

3068

Abstract

This paper introduces three supporting technologies that support the daily life of weak-eyesight persons. These three technologies enable the eyes-handicapped persons to spend the high quality of daily life, and are consisted of two themes; "visible", "training" and "recognizing". First is the auto color conversion method for color-defective vision is shown in "visible page". Second is the training method to improve the eye controls ability is outlined as "training the vision". Third is the substitution sense with hand force for vision recognizing surrounding environment for safety walking.

Keywords

handicapped aids; image colour analysis; image recognition; medical image processing; auto color conversion method; automatic color conversion; color-defective vision; eye controls ability; eyes-handicapped persons; safety walking; training vision; weak-eyesight persons; Brightness; Documentation; Legged locomotion; Manufacturing automation; Safety; Senior citizens; Software standards; Web pages; auto color conversion; color-defective vision; eye movement training; hand force; life support technology; substitution sense;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SICE, 2007 Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Takamatsu

Print_ISBN

978-4-907764-27-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-907764-27-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICE.2007.4421517

Filename

4421517