IC Seminar : Vision Multiplexing - A Design Principle for Low Vision Devices
Event details
| Date | 21.09.2011 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Eli Peli - The Shepens Ey Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston invited by Prof. Sabine Suesstrunk |
| Location |
INM 202
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract A novel 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-optical devices we implemented spatial multiplexing by superposition or shifting by temporal multiplexing (alternating) or by presenting different images to the two eyes and with combinations of the various approaches. I will 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 Schepens Eye Research Institute and Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical 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 Rehabilitation 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 Optical Society of America a Fellow of the SID (Society for Information Display) and a Fellow of the SPIE (The International Society of Optical Engineering). Dr. Peli's principal research interests are image processing in relation to visual function and clinical psychophysics in low vision rehabilitation 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 issues of mobility with impaired vision. Dr. Peli is a consultant to many companies in the ophthalmic instrumentation area and to manufacturers of head mounted displays (HMD). He serves as a consultant on many national committees advising the National Institutes of Health NASA AOS (Aviation Operations Systems) advisory committee National Highway Safety Administration Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Natural Sciences and Engineering 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 entitled Visual Models for Target Detection with special emphasis on military applications and coauthored a book entitled Driving with Confidence: A Practical Guide to Driving with Low Vision.
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