Title :
Swiping with luminophonics
Author :
Tan, Shern Shiou ; Maul, Tomas Henrique Bode ; Mennie, Neil Russel ; Mitchell, Peter
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Malaysia
Abstract :
Luminophonics is a system that aims to maximize cross-modality conversion of information, specifically from the visual to auditory modalities, with the motivation to develop a better assistive technology for the visually impaired by using image sonification techniques. The project aims to research and develop generic and highly-configurable components concerned with different image processing techniques, attention mechanisms, orchestration approaches and psychological constraints. The swiping method that is introduced in this paper combines several techniques in order to explicitly convert the colour, size and position of objects. Preliminary tests suggest that the approach is valid and deserves further investigation.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; image colour analysis; object detection; assistive technology; attention mechanisms; auditory modalities; image processing techniques; image sonification techniques; luminophonics; object colour; object position; object size; orchestration approach; psychological constraints; visual modalities; Acoustic noise; Auditory displays; Computer science; Computer vision; Image converters; Image processing; Image segmentation; Psychology; Testing; Usability; Auditory Display; Computer Vision; Image Processing; Image Sonification;
Conference_Titel :
Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS), 2010 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6499-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIS.2010.5518580
