Background Deep learning systems have improved performance of devices through more
accurate object detection in a significant number of areas, for medical aid in general, and …

Purpose Visually impaired people (VIP) find it challenging to understand and gain
awareness of their surroundings. Most activities require the use of the auditory or tactile …

Video games are changing how we interact and communicate with each other. They can
provide an authentic and collaborative platform for building new communities and …

In this study, we aim to better understand the cognitive-emotional experience of visually
impaired people when navigating in unfamiliar urban environments, both outdoor and …

Perception, planning, and control are three enabling technologies to achieve autonomy in
autonomous driving. In particular, planning provides vehicles with a safe and collision-free …

Auditory overviews of routes can provide routing and map information to blind users
enabling them to preview route maps before embarking on a journey. This article …

Translating visual representations of real environments into auditory feedback is one of the
key challenges in the design of an electronic travel aid for visually impaired persons …

Sonification is a data visualization technique which expresses data attributes via
psychoacoustic parameters, which are non-speech audio signals used to convey …

Reliable detection of cognitive load would benefit the design of intelligent assistive
navigation aids for the visually impaired (VIP). Ten participants with various degrees of sight …

Assessing a mental workload level using electroencephalography (EEG) signals represents
an active research area. The development of low-cost wireless EEG headsets drew the …