Senior Thesis Conference March 27, 2009 Mentors: Prof. Rama Chellappa Prof. Cha-Min Tang Consultants: Aswin Sankaranarayanan Pavan Turaga Librarian s: Bob Kackley Dan Newsome Discussants: Prof. David Jacobs Dr. Ashok Veeraraghavan Prof. Larry Davis Prof. Ankur Srivastava Mr. Bobby Bobo Team Vision: Steve Caperna, Christopher Cheng, Junghee Cho, Victoria Fan, Avishkar Luthra, Brendan O’Leary, Jansen Sheng, Lee Stearns, Andrew Sun, Roni Tessler, Paul Wong, and Jimmy Yeh
Senior Thesis Conference. March 27, 2009. Team Vision: Steve Caperna , Christopher Cheng, Junghee Cho, Victoria Fan, Avishkar Luthra , Brendan O’Leary, Jansen Sheng , Lee Stearns, Andrew Sun, Roni Tessler , Paul Wong, and Jimmy Yeh. Mentors: Prof. Rama Chellappa - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Senior Thesis ConferenceMarch 27, 2009
Mentors: Prof. Rama Chellappa Prof. Cha-Min Tang
Consultants: Aswin SankaranarayananPavan Turaga
Librarians:Bob KackleyDan Newsome
Discussants: Prof. David JacobsDr. Ashok VeeraraghavanProf. Larry DavisProf. Ankur SrivastavaMr. Bobby Bobo
Team Vision: Steve Caperna, Christopher Cheng, Junghee Cho, Victoria Fan, Avishkar Luthra, Brendan O’Leary, Jansen Sheng, Lee Stearns, Andrew Sun, Roni Tessler, Paul Wong, and Jimmy Yeh
Research Question
How can technology address the needs of the visually impaired?
The White Cane Other Commercial Navigation Solutions
Subjects
Subject Data
– Adaptive Technology Lab at the University of Maryland and the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind in Riverdale, Maryland
– 24-61 years old– High level of interest in our project – Stressed the importance of having options to navigate more
independently – To be a helpful navigational aid it must be unobtrusive and highly
functional– Focus on Indoor Object Detection and Outdoor Navigation