1. AEGIS 2nd International
Conference 2011
COGNITIVE NAVIGATION AND
OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR
BLIND PEOPLE
Larisa Dunai
Guillermo Peris-Fajarnes
Teresa Magal-Royo
Beatriz Defez
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2. CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN
TECNOLOGÍAS GRÁFICAS
UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
Nov 2011
from CASBLIP to EYE21
www.casblip.es to www.eye2021.com
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3. Can we see with sounds?
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4. Can we see with sounds?
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5. Can we see with sounds?
Illuminated areas show areas of the brain responsible for the processing of
changes in the surrounding space. Yellow circle is the region called planum
temporale.
Las áreas iluminadas indican activación relacionada con percepciones de cambio espacial. El círculo amarillo
muestra la región planum temporale. (Foto: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The brain process, in a no conscience action,
the origin of specific sounds on this area. This
is not a voluntary action.
De esta forma, los investigadores han llegado a la conclusión
de que sus experimentos sugieren que las neuronas en esta
región ejercen la función, de manera no intencionada ni
conectada a una atención consciente, de localizar en el
entorno las fuentes de sonido
http://www.solociencia.com/medicina/07102503.htm
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6. Can we see with sounds?
YES, but the type of information and the way of how the information of perceived
will not be the same…….
SI, siempre y cuando se entienda que ver con los ojos no va a generar el mismo tipo de información en ambos casos….. No
sabemos cómo se ve….
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7. Can we see with sounds?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yM3lw1Ij
rs&feature=player_embedded#at=94
YES, but the type of information and the way of how the information of perceived
will not be the same…….
SI, siempre y cuando se entienda que ver con los ojos no va a generar el mismo tipo de información en ambos casos….. No
sabemos cómo se ve….
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8. How can we use the technology then?
(to see with the ears)
- Adquiring the 3D infromation by using Electronics
- Representing the 3D world information by using sounds
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9. How can we use the technology then?
(to see with the ears)
¡¡¡¡¡ yes !!!!!
CASBLIP 2005-2009 ---- WWW.CASBLIP.ES
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10. How can we use the technology then?
(to see with the ears)
2009
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11. Can we create an smart and portable
system? Able to be easily use
WWW.EYE2021.COM
EYE2021 is going to be an SME oriented to assist with technology to totally
and partially blind people. EYE21 is going to be the first product in the market
2011
able to transform 3D information into audio wit the intention to be used by
blind people helping them to perceive better the environment.
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12. Can we create an smart and portable
system? Able to be easily use
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13. Can we create an smart and portable
system? Able to be easily use
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14. What about the future?
A new paper from MIT neuroscientists, in collaboration with Alvaro Pascual-Leone
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, offers evidence that it is easier to rewire
the brain early in life. The researchers found that a small part of the brain’s visual
cortex that processes motion became reorganized only in the brains of subjects
who had been born blind, not those who became blind later in life.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/brain-blindness-1021.html
How to see?
What to see?
What will be the next steep?
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15. THE CORE OF HOE DO WE SEE?
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16. THANKS……
gperis@upv.es
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