Title :
Beading design diagram reading system for visually impaired persons
Author :
Hirayama, Makoto J. ; Kimura, Yuta
Author_Institution :
Kanazawa Inst. of Technol., Ishikawa, Japan
Abstract :
A beading design diagram reading system was implemented for supporting handicraft by visually impaired persons. Beading is one of popular handicraft done by visually disabled persons as a recreational activity. However, it is not possible for them to watch symbols on design diagram. Sighted volunteers read diagrams for them but the work is hard and it takes several days to convert patterns to texts. The developed software recognizes symbols on design diagram automatically thus the heavy loads of volunteers can be reduced.
Keywords :
computer vision; handicapped aids; beading design diagram reading system; handicraft support; visually impaired persons; watch symbols; Data mining; Image color analysis; Pattern matching; Pixel; Software; Testing; beading; pattern recognition; visually impaired persons; well-being information technology;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers of Computer Vision (FCV), 2011 17th Korea-Japan Joint Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ulsan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-677-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-61284-676-7
DOI :
10.1109/FCV.2011.5739749
