TY - GEN
T1 - iCARE Interaction Assistant
T2 - ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
AU - Krishna, Sreekar
AU - Little, Greg
AU - Black, John
AU - Panchanathan, Sethuraman
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This presentation demonstrates a working prototype of the iCare Interaction Assistant, a wearable assistive device based on research aimed at facilitating the social interactions of people who are blind or visually impaired. Using a tiny unobtrusive camera mounted inside the nose bridge of a pair of eyeglasses, this prototype is able to learn and recognize faces at a distances up to 10 feet, thus allowing the user to initiate conversations with persons in their vicinity, without waiting for others to approach them. Ongoing work is aimed at facilitating the subsequent verbal interaction by recognizing and interpreting non-verbal communication, including eye contact, facial expressions, emotions, and gestures.
AB - This presentation demonstrates a working prototype of the iCare Interaction Assistant, a wearable assistive device based on research aimed at facilitating the social interactions of people who are blind or visually impaired. Using a tiny unobtrusive camera mounted inside the nose bridge of a pair of eyeglasses, this prototype is able to learn and recognize faces at a distances up to 10 feet, thus allowing the user to initiate conversations with persons in their vicinity, without waiting for others to approach them. Ongoing work is aimed at facilitating the subsequent verbal interaction by recognizing and interpreting non-verbal communication, including eye contact, facial expressions, emotions, and gestures.
KW - Assistive Device for Visually Impaired
KW - Face Recognition
KW - Social Interaction Aide
KW - Wearable Computing
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U2 - 10.1145/1090785.1090837
DO - 10.1145/1090785.1090837
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:32344441774
SN - 1595931597
SN - 9781595931597
T3 - ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
SP - 216
EP - 217
BT - ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Y2 - 9 October 2005 through 12 October 2005
ER -