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SUMMARY:IC Seminar : Vision Multiplexing - A Design Principle for Low Visi
 on Devices
DTSTART:20110921T161500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Eli Peli - The Shepens Ey Research Institute\, Harvard M
 edical School\, Boston invited by Prof. Sabine Suesstrunk\nAbstract A nove
 l concept of vision multiplexing combines the benefits of a wide field-of-
 view with high resolution to enable people with impaired vision regain the
  lost function without losing the surviving one. In optical and electro-op
 tical devices we implemented spatial multiplexing by superposition or shif
 ting by temporal multiplexing (alternating) or by presenting different ima
 ges to the two eyes and with combinations of the various approaches. I wil
 l illustrate these approaches and their benefits with examples of various 
 implementations for varying vision-impairment conditions. Bio Dr. Peli is 
 Senior Scientist and the Moakley Scholar in Aging Eye Research at The Sche
 pens Eye Research Institute and Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medi
 cal School. He also serves on the faculties of the New England College of 
 Optometry and Tufts University School of Medicine. Since 1983 he has been 
 caring for visually impaired patients as the director of the Vision Rehabi
 litation Service at the New England Medical Center Hospitals in Boston. Dr
 . Peli is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry a Fellow of the Op
 tical Society of America a Fellow of the SID (Society for Information Disp
 lay) and a Fellow of the SPIE (The International Society of Optical Engine
 ering). Dr. Peli's principal research interests are image processing in re
 lation to visual function and clinical psychophysics in low vision rehabil
 itation image understanding and evaluation of display-vision interaction. 
 He also maintains an interest in eye movement control and binocular vision
 . In the last decade his vision rehabilitation work has concentrated on is
 sues of mobility with impaired vision. Dr. Peli is a consultant to many co
 mpanies in the ophthalmic instrumentation area and to manufacturers of hea
 d mounted displays (HMD). He serves as a consultant on many national commi
 ttees advising the National Institutes of Health NASA AOS (Aviation Operat
 ions Systems) advisory committee National Highway Safety Administration Fe
 deral Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Natural Sciences and Enginee
 ring Research Council of Canada. Dr. Peli has published more than 150 peer
  reviewed papers and has been awarded 8 US Patents. He edited a book entit
 led Visual Models for Target Detection with special emphasis on military a
 pplications and coauthored a book entitled Driving with Confidence: A Prac
 tical Guide to Driving with Low Vision.
LOCATION:INM 202
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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