Recent News

Oct 18, 2017 | Lee
Lee Stearns and the HandSight project were featured in the Big Ten Network's news site, in an article titled "How Maryland researchers are improving reading for the visually impaired: BTN LiveBIG".

Nov 14, 2016 | Lee
The HandSight project was recently featured in PC Magazine. The article described our work in using a finger-mounted camera to read printed text. Quote: A group of scientists at the University of Maryland have come up with a novel solution to the problem of allowing the visually impaired to read. The team, led by assistant professor of computer science Jon Froehlich, developed a device that allows blind people to read text without the aid of braille, which isn't always available. Read more at pcmag.com: PC Magazine: Fingertip Camera Reads to the Blind

Nov 09, 2016 | Lee
The HandSight project was recently featured in New Scientist, a British science and technology magazine. The article described our work in using a finger-mounted camera to read printed text. New Scientist: Tiny fingertip camera helps blind people read without braille

Oct 26, 2016 | Lee
Lee Stearns presented the HandSight team's work at the ASSETS 2016 conference, held in Reno, Nevada this year. The presentation covered our recently published TACCESS journal article titled "Evaluating Haptic And Auditory Directional Guidance To Assist Blind People In Reading Printed Text Using Finger-Mounted Cameras."
Projects
Publications
Applying Transfer Learning to Recognize Clothing Patterns Using a Finger-Mounted Camera
Extended Abstract Proceedings of ASSETS 2018 | Acceptance Rate: 58.3% (42 / 72)
PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Cloth Recognition
Recognizing Clothing Colors and Visual Textures Using a Finger-Mounted Camera: An Initial Investigation
Extended Abstract Proceedings of ASSETS 2017
PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Cloth Recognition
Localization of Skin Features on the Hand and Wrist From Small Image Patches
Proceedings of ICPR 2016
PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • On-Body Interaction
Evaluating Haptic and Auditory Directional Guidance to Assist Blind People in Reading Printed Text Using Finger-Mounted Cameras
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) 2016
PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Haptic Hand Guidance
Evaluating Angular Accuracy of Wrist-based Haptic Directional Guidance for Hand Movement
Proceedings of GI 2016 | Acceptance Rate: 39.4% (13 / 33)
PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Haptic Hand Guidance
Talks
Oct. 22, 2018 | ASSETS'18
Galway, Ireland
PDF | PPTX | Paper | HandSight | AR Magnification
Aug. 1, 2018 | PhD Defense, Computer Science
University of Maryland, College Park
Nov. 7, 2016 | Diversity in Computing Summit 2016
College Park, Maryland
Oct. 26, 2016 | ASSETS 2016
Reno, Nevada
PDF | PPTX | SlideShare | HandSight