Electronic aids for blind people - overview

• Autorzy: Gelmuda W. , Kos A.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Urządzenia elektroniczne wspomagające osoby niewidome - przegląd

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

For a very long lime the advancement in technologies has had noble intentions to improve people's safety and to make their lives easier. That statement also applies to the visually impaired people. Since the common while cane does not provide the desired reliability and functionality and guide dogs are relatively expensive to train and have their own limitations, engineers in many science centers have been working on some electronic aids and complex systems for blind people. The following paper presents an overview of current status of electronic aids for blind people.

PL

Od dłuższego czasu osiągnięcia nauki i techniki mają na celu polepszenie bezpieczeństwa ludzi oraz ułatwienie ich życia codziennego. Dotyczy to również osób niewidomych i słabowidzących. Ponieważ zwykła biała Iaska dla osób niewidomych nie jest w stanie zapewnić odpowiedniej funkcjonalności i bezpieczeństwa podczas poruszania się osób niewidomych, a psy przewodniki mają pewne ograniczenia, nie wspominając o kosztach szkolenia, w wielu ośrodkach badawczych inżynierowie i naukowcy pracują nad elektronicznych urządzeniami i systemami wspomagającymi osoby niewidome. Praca przedstawia przegląd nowoczesnych rozwiązań w tematyce urządzeń dla osób niewidomych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

blind people; electronic aids; navigation assistant device

PL

ludzie niewidomi; urządzenia wspomagające; urządzenie do nawigacji

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Lubelskiej
• Czasopismo: Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: nr 4a
• Strony: 46--49
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 62 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Gelmuda W.

autor

Kos A.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Electronics,

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