Obstacles encountered in the development of the low vision enhancement system.
The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute and the NASA Stennis Space Center are collaborating on the development of a new high technology low vision aid called the Low Vision Enhancement System (LVES). The LVES consists of a binocular head-mounted video display system, video cameras mounted on the head-mounted display, and real-time video image processing in a system package that is battery powered and portable. Through a phased development approach, several generations of the LVES can be made available to the patient in a timely fashion. This paper describes the LVES project with major emphasis on technical problems encountered or anticipated during the development process.
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D016288:Computer Terminals; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014741:Video Recording; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000628:therapy*