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Mobility performance with a pixelized vision system.
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A visual prosthesis, based on electrical stimulation of the visual cortex, has been suggested as a means for partially restoring functional vision in the blind. The prosthesis would create a pixelized visual sense consisting of punctate spots of light (phosphenes). The present study investigated the feasibility of achieving visually-guided mobility with such a visual sense. Psychophysical experiments were conducted on normally sighted human subjects, who were required to walk through a maze which included a series of obstacles, while their visual input was restricted to information from a pixelized vision simulator. Walking speed and number of body contacts with obstacles and walls were measured as a function of pixel number, pixel spacing, object minification, and field of view. The results indicate that a 25 x 25 array of pixels distributed within the foveal visual area could provide useful visually guided mobility in environments not requiring a high degree of pattern recognition.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cha, K., Horch, K. W., & Normann, R. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Utah (US)
- Corresponding author
- Horch, Kenneth W.
- Venue
- Vision Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-07
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1367-1372
- ISSN
- 0042-6989 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2026137948
- Cited by
- 226
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 0.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Vision Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- visual prosthesis, phosphenes, blind rehabilitation, field of view, pixel spacing, maze navigation, walking speed, obstacle avoidance
- MeSH terms
- Blindness, Electric Stimulation, Humans, Locomotion, Phosphenes, Vision, Ocular, Visual Cortex, Prostheses and Implants
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