On this page I gather resources relevant to the project; Sites, blogs, articles, lectures slides, videos, research papers etc. The entire BiBTeX database is presented below, followed by a list of some useful online resources at the bottom.
BiBTeX Database, updated 2010-04-18
@inproceedings{cascade,
author = {Chen, Xiangrong and Yuille, Alan L.},
title = {A Time-Efficient Cascade for Real-Time Object Detection: With applications for the visually impaired},
booktitle = {CVPR '05: Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'05) - Workshops},
year = {2005},
pages = {28},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Washington, DC, USA},
}
@inproceedings{aerial,
author = {Sáez, J. M. and Escolano, F.},
title = {Stereo-based Aerial Obstacle Detection for the Visually Impaired},
booktitle = {CVAVI '08: Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired},
year = {2008},
address = {Marseille, France},
}
@inproceedings{bmvs,
author = {Sylvie Treuillet and
Eric Royer and
Thierry Chateau and
Michel Dhome and
Jean-Marc Lavest},
title = {Body Mounted Vision System for Visually Impaired Outdoor
and Indoor Wayfinding Assistance},
booktitle = {CVHI '07: Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technology for People with Vision and Hearing Impairments},
year = {2007}
}
@article{stereo,
author = {G. Balakrishnan and
G. Sainarayanan and
R. Nagarajan and
Sazali Yaacob},
title = {Wearable Real-Time Stereo Vision for the Visually Impaired},
journal = {Engineering Letters},
volume = {14},
number = {2},
year = {2007},
pages = {6--14}
}
@InProceedings{obstacle,
author = {Cardin, S. and Vexo, F. and Thalmann, D.},
title = {Wearable Obstacle Detection System for visually impaired People},
booktitle = {{VR} {W}orkshop on {H}aptic and {T}actile {P}erception
of {D}eformable {O}bjects},
pages = {50--55},
year = {2005}
}
@inproceedings{hazard,
title = { Towards a Hazard Perception Assistance System using Visual Motion},
author = {{M}ccarthy, {C}hris and {B}arnes, {N}ick and {A}nstey, {K}aarin and {H}orswill, {M}ark},
booktitle = {{W}orkshop on {C}omputer {V}ision {A}pplications for the {V}isually {I}mpaired },
address = {{M}arseille {F}rance },
organization = {{J}ames {C}oughlan and {R}oberto {M}anduchi },
year = {2008}
}
@article{drishti,
author = {Lisa Ran and Sumi Helal and Steve Moore},
title = {Drishti: An Integrated Indoor/Outdoor Blind Navigation System and Service},
journal = {IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications},
volume = {0},
year = {2004},
pages = {23},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}
}
@article{pictstruct,
author = {Felzenszwalb, Pedro F. and Huttenlocher, Daniel P.},
title = {Pictorial Structures for Object Recognition},
journal = {Int. J. Comput. Vision},
volume = {61},
number = {1},
year = {2005},
pages = {55--79},
publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
address = {Hingham, MA, USA},
}
@inproceedings{piecewiseplanar,
title = {Piecewise Planar Modeling for Step Detection using Stereo Vision},
author = {{P}radeep, {V}ivek and {M}edioni, {G}erard and {W}eiland, {J}ames},
booktitle = {{W}orkshop on {C}omputer {V}ision {A}pplications for the {V}isually {I}mpaired },
address = {{M}arseille {F}rance },
organization = {{J}ames {C}oughlan and {R}oberto {M}anduchi },
year = {2008}
}
@article{rfidrobot,
author = {Kulyukin, V. and Gharpure, C. and Nicholson, J. and Pavithran, S.},
title = {RFID in robot-assisted indoor navigation for the visually impaired},
booktitle = {Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2004. (IROS 2004). Proceedings. 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on},
journal = {Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2004. (IROS 2004). Proceedings. 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on},
volume = {2},
pages = {1979--1984},
year = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{selfcalnav,
title = {A Self-Calibrating, Vision-Based Navigation Assistant},
author = {{K}och, {O}livier and {T}eller, {S}eth},
booktitle = {{W}orkshop on {C}omputer {V}ision {A}pplications for the {V}isually {I}mpaired },
address = {{M}arseille {F}rance },
organization = {{J}ames {C}oughlan and {R}oberto {M}anduchi },
year = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{sensornav,
author = {Golding, Andrew R. and Lesh, Neal},
title = {Indoor Navigation Using a Diverse Set of Cheap, Wearable Sensors},
booktitle = {ISWC '99: Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers},
year = {1999},
pages = {29},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Washington, DC, USA},
}
@inproceedings{hapnav,
author = {Ertan, S. and Lee, C. and Willets, A. and Tan, H. and Pentland, A.},
title = {A Wearable Haptic Navigation Guidance System},
booktitle = {ISWC '98: Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers},
year = {1998},
pages = {164},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Washington, DC, USA},
}
@article{placerec,
author = {Antonio Torralba and Kevin P. Murphy and William T. Freeman and Mark A. Rubin},
title = {Context-based vision system for place and object recognition},
journal ={Computer Vision, IEEE International Conference on},
volume = {1},
year = {2003},
pages = {273},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
@article{colhist,
author = {Thad Starner and Bernt Schiele and Alex Pentland},
title = {Visual Contextual Awareness in Wearable Computing},
journal ={Wearable Computers, IEEE International Symposium},
volume = {0},
year = {1998},
pages = {50},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
@Misc{slam,
author = {S\{O}ren Riisgaard and Morten Rufus Blas},
title ={SLAM for Dummies (A Tutorial Approach to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping)},
year = {},
howpublished = {\url{http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Aeronautics-and-Astronautics/16-412JSpring-2005/9D8DB59F-24EC-4B75-BA7A-F0916BAB2440/0/1aslam_blas_repo.pdf}}
}
@article{monoslam,
author = {Davison, Andrew J. and Reid, Ian D. and Molton, Nicholas D. and Stasse, Olivier},
title = {MonoSLAM: Real-Time Single Camera SLAM},
journal = {IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.},
volume = {29},
number = {6},
year = {2007},
pages = {1052--1067},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Washington, DC, USA},
}
@article{visionsurvey,
author = {DeSouza, Guilherme N. and Kak, Avinash C.},
title = {Vision for Mobile Robot Navigation: A Survey},
journal = {IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.},
volume = {24},
number = {2},
year = {2002},
pages = {237--267},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Washington, DC, USA},
}
@techreport{lasernav,
author = "Sanjiv Singh and Jay West",
title = "Cyclone: A Laser Scanner for Mobile Robot Navigation",
institution = "Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University",
month = "September",
year = "1991",
number = "CMU-RI-TR-91-18",
address = "Pittsburgh, PA"
}
@article{audiobeacon,
author = {Walker, B. N. and Lindsay, J.},
title = {Navigation performance with a virtual auditory display: Effects of beacon sound, capture radius, and practice},
year = {2006},
journal = {Human Factors, 48(2)},
pages = {265--278}
}
@misc{swan,
author = {Georgia Institute of Technology},
title = {{SWAN}: System for Wearable Audio Navigation},
howpublished = {\url{http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu/research/SWAN/}},
year = {retrieved 2010-03-08}
}
@misc{trekker,
author = {{HumanWare Group}},
title = {Trekker Breeze},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.humanware.com/en-europe/products/blindness/talking_gps/trekker_breeze/_details/id_101/trekker_breeze.html}},
year = {retrieved 2010-02-17}
}
@misc{mspeak,
author = {{Code Factory}},
title = {Mobile Speak},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=316}},
year = {retrieved 2010-02-17}
}
@misc{talks,
author = {{Nuance Communications}},
title = {{TALKS}},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.nuance.com/talks/}},
year = {retrieved 2010-02-17}
}
@misc{loadstone,
author = {{Loadstone GPS Team}},
title = {Loadstone {GPS}},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.loadstone-gps.com/}},
year = {retrieved 2010-02-17}
}
@misc{wayfinder,
author = {{Wayfinder Systems}},
title = {Wayfinder Access},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.wayfinderaccess.com}},
year = {retrieved 2010-02-17}
}
@misc{io,
author = {{i{-}O Display Systems}},
title = {i{-}Glasses},
year = {retrieved 2009-12-02},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.i-glassesstore.com/index.html}}
}
@inproceedings{vibratese,
author = {Geldard, F},
title = {Adventures in tactile literacy},
booktitle = {The {A}merican {P}sychologist 12},
year = {1956},
pages = {115--124}
}
@misc{orebro,
author = {Ranjbar, Parivash},
title = {Deaf get help ''hearing'' with skin},
year ={retrieved 2009-12-30},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/188802/}}
}
@misc{who,
author = {{World Health Organization (WHO)}},
title = {Visual impairment and blindness},
howpublished = {url{http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/}},
year = {2009, retrieved 2010-03-02}
}
@misc{dgps,
author = {Morag Chivers},
title = {Differential {GPS} Explained},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0103/differential1of2.html}},
year = {retrieved 2010-03-08}
}
@misc{gps,
author = {maps-gps-info.com},
title = {{GPS} Accuracy - How Accurate is it?},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.maps-gps-info.com/gps-accuracy.html}},
year = {2010, retrieved 2010-03-08}
}
@misc{rfid,
author = {Kevin Bonsor and Candace Keener},
title = {How {RFID} Works},
howpublished = {HowStuffWorks.com, \url{http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/rfid.htm}},
year = {05 November 2007, retrieved 2010-03-13},
}
@article{pf,
author = {J. H. Chuang and N. Ahuja},
title = {An Analytically Tractable Potential Field Model of Free Space and its Application in Obstacle Avoidence},
year ={1998},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics},
volume = {5},
number = {28},
pages = {729--736}
}
@Misc{mobinav,
author = {Jonathan Dixon and Oliver Henlich},
title ={Mobile Robot Navigation},
year = {1997},
howpublished = {Imperial College, London, \url{http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_97/journal/vol4/jmd/}}
}
@misc{wfdown,
author = {Vladislav Savov},
title = {Vodafone's Wayfinder is first victim of free smartphone navigation services},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/vodafones-wayfinder-is-first-victim-of-free-smartphone-navigati/}},
year = {12th March 2010}
}
Miscellaneous Web Sites
Navigation Techniques for Mobile Robots,
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_97/journal/vol4/jmd/
The SWAN system; Information, papers, videos and bonephones, http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu/research/SWAN/
Place recognition by computer vision, some info, http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/tutorials/introduction-129/where-am-i-place-recognition-using-omni-directional-images-and-color-histograms-3253/?s=097fcca832f148edfa22cb145b444d2f
Catching the bus: a video of a system to help with bus travel, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMI5S9w-F4Y
Navigation using stereo vision with an ER1 robot,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy8VwDLQ0VU
ER1 presentation,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtK2qmJPlg