Mobility of Visually Impaired People [electronic resource] : Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies /
Pissaloux, Edwige.editor.
Velazquez, Ramiro.editor.
This book discusses the design of the new mobility assistive information and communication technologies (ICT) devices for the visually impaired. The book begins with a definition of the space concept, followed by the concept of interaction with a space during mobility and this interaction characteristics. The contributors will then examine the neuro-cognitive basis of space perception for mobility and different theories of space perception. The text presents the existing technologies for space perception (sense recovery with stem and iPS cells, implants, brain plasticity, sensory substitution devices, multi modal technologies, etc.), the newest technologies for mobility assistance design, the way the feedback on environment is conveyed to the end-user. Methods for formative and summative evaluations of the mobility devices will also be discussed. The book concludes with a look to the future trends in research and technology development for mobility assistive information and communication technologies. Provides the basis for humanoid robot mobility and the framework for approaching of other types of – non-verbal- interactions with space Proposes a global approach to the complex question of the mobility of healthy and visually impaired people Describes current understanding how the interaction with the space via mobility impacts brain development and processing– non-verbal- interactions with space Proposes a global approach to the complex question of the mobility of healthy and visually impaired people Describes current understanding how the interaction with the space via mobility impacts brain development and processing.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
 Introduction --  Part 1. Space for mobility and its conscious perception -- Living in Space. A phenomenological account -- Technologies to access space without vision. Some empirical facts and guiding theoretical principles -- Mobility technologies for visually impaired people through the prism of classic theories of perception -- Part 2. Neuro-cognitive basis of space perception for mobility -- The multisensory brain -- On spatial knowledge and  mobility strategies -- Sensory substitution and the Neural Correlates of navigation in the Blindness -- Visuo-Vestibular and Somesthetic Contributions to Spatial Navigation in Children and Adults -- Mobility of the visually impaired --  Orientation and Mobility training to people with Visual Impairments -- Spatial orientation in children:  tyflological approach -- Scene representation for mobility of visually impaired -- Model of cognitive mobility for visually impaired people and its experimental validation -- Solid: A Model to Analyse the Accessibility of Transport Systems for the Visually Impaired -- Part 4. ICT technologies and mobility -- Mobility technologies: design issues -- Co-design toghether with persons with visual impairment -- Technologies for mobility assistance -- Different approaches to aiding blind persons in mobility and navigation in the "Naviton" and "Sound of Vision" projects -- Overview of smart white canes: connected smart cane from front-end to back-end -- Accessible Interactive Maps -- Smart multisensory strategies for indoor localization -- Constructing Tactile Languages for Situational Awareness Assistance of Visually Impaired People -- Vision restoration with implants -- Mobility, Inclusion, Exclusion -- Conclusion.
This book discusses the design of the new mobility assistive information and communication technologies (ICT) devices for the visually impaired. The book begins with a definition of the space concept, followed by the concept of interaction with a space during mobility and this interaction characteristics. The contributors will then examine the neuro-cognitive basis of space perception for mobility and different theories of space perception. The text presents the existing technologies for space perception (sense recovery with stem and iPS cells, implants, brain plasticity, sensory substitution devices, multi modal technologies, etc.), the newest technologies for mobility assistance design, the way the feedback on environment is conveyed to the end-user. Methods for formative and summative evaluations of the mobility devices will also be discussed. The book concludes with a look to the future trends in research and technology development for mobility assistive information and communication technologies. Provides the basis for humanoid robot mobility and the framework for approaching of other types of – non-verbal- interactions with space Proposes a global approach to the complex question of the mobility of healthy and visually impaired people Describes current understanding how the interaction with the space via mobility impacts brain development and processing– non-verbal- interactions with space Proposes a global approach to the complex question of the mobility of healthy and visually impaired people Describes current understanding how the interaction with the space via mobility impacts brain development and processing.
Signal processing.
Image processing.
Speech processing systems.
Biomedical engineering.
User interfaces (Computer systems).
Signal, Image and Speech Processing.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.