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ICCV
1998
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
Signfinder: Using Color to Detect, Localize and Identify Informational Signs
We describe an approach to detecting, locating and normalizing road signs. The approach will apply provided: (i) the signs have stereotypical boundary shapes (i.e. rectangular, or...
Alan L. Yuille, Daniel Snow, Mark Nitzberg
CVPR
2004
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
Detecting and Reading Text in Natural Scenes
This paper gives an algorithm for detecting and reading text in natural images. The algorithm is intended for use by blind and visually impaired subjects walking through city scen...
Xiangrong Chen, Alan L. Yuille
WACV
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
A Hierarchical Approach to Sign Recognition
Sighted individuals draw a significant amount of information from signs but this information is denied to the visually impaired. VIDI is an evolving system for detecting and reco...
Piyanuch Silapachote, Allen R. Hanson, Richard S. ...
ASSETS
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Interactive tracking of movable objects for the blind on the basis of environment models and perception-oriented object recognit
In previous work we have presented a prototype of an assistant system for the blind that can be used for self-localization and interactive object identification of static objects ...
Andreas Hub, Tim Hartter, Thomas Ertl