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A Book Reader Design For Persons With Visual Impairment And Blindness, Luis E. Galarza
A Book Reader Design For Persons With Visual Impairment And Blindness, Luis E. Galarza
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The objective of this dissertation is to provide a new design approach to a fully automated book reader for individuals with visual impairment and blindness that is portable and cost effective. This approach relies on the geometry of the design setup and provides the mathematical foundation for integrating, in a unique way, a 3-D space surface map from a low-resolution time of flight (ToF) device with a high-resolution image as means to enhance the reading accuracy of warped images due to the page curvature of bound books and other magazines. The merits of this low cost, but effective automated book …