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Invention: Smart Specs For The Blind; Spectacles Fitted With A Camera And Accelerometers That Detect Movement -- Philips 7/28/2008 7:08:38 AM New Scientist -- Electronic canes for the blind are designed to detect nearby objects and provide a stereo audio signal that informs a person of the location of obstacles. But they do not distinguish between stationary and moving objects. A pair of spectacles fitted with a camera and accelerometers that detect movement can, however. They are connected to a computer that spots any obstacles in the field of view and works out which are moving.

Invention: Smart Specs For The Blind; Spectacles Fitted With A Camera And Accelerometers That Detect Movement -- Philips
7/28/2008 7:08:38 AM

New Scientist -- Electronic canes for the blind are designed to detect nearby objects and provide a stereo audio signal that informs a person of the location of obstacles. But they do not distinguish between stationary and moving objects. A pair of spectacles fitted with a camera and accelerometers that detect movement can, however. They are connected to a computer that spots any obstacles in the field of view and works out which are moving.