CONCEPTION OF A PHOSPHENE BASED VISUAL SYSTEM - A Functionnal Approach

Guillaume Tatur, Isabelle Marc, Michel Dumas, Gerard Dupeyron

2010

Abstract

This work falls within the broader framework of visual prostheses conception for blind people suffering from a retina photoreceptor cells degenerative disease. Studies on the issue of informational content of the prosthetic vision propose, in majority, a simple reduction in the resolution of greyscale images from a single camera. Our work proposes a novel approach based on functional vision. This functional vision is dedicated to specific needs in mobility, and is based on a simple analysis and less ambiguous representation of the scene layout. Emphasis is placed on the usefulness of providing access to 3D information combined with the use of an eye tracking device that should greatly improve spatial knowledge acquisition. This work presents extraction and proper formatting of data from optical sensors in order to establish a coherent vision based on the generation of a limited number of phosphenes.

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Tatur G., Marc I., Dumas M. and Dupeyron G. (2010). CONCEPTION OF A PHOSPHENE BASED VISUAL SYSTEM - A Functionnal Approach . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-018-4, pages 339-344. DOI: 10.5220/0002758103390344


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@conference{biosignals10,
author={Guillaume Tatur and Isabelle Marc and Michel Dumas and Gerard Dupeyron},
title={CONCEPTION OF A PHOSPHENE BASED VISUAL SYSTEM - A Functionnal Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={339-344},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002758103390344},
isbn={978-989-674-018-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2010)
TI - CONCEPTION OF A PHOSPHENE BASED VISUAL SYSTEM - A Functionnal Approach
SN - 978-989-674-018-4
AU - Tatur G.
AU - Marc I.
AU - Dumas M.
AU - Dupeyron G.
PY - 2010
SP - 339
EP - 344
DO - 10.5220/0002758103390344