The SOLAIRE Project: A Gaze-Contingent System to Facilitate Reading for Patients with Scotomatas
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Reading is a major issue for visually impaired patients su ering from a blind area in the fovea. Current systems to facilitate reading do not really bene t from recent advances in computer science, such as computer vision and augmented reality. On the SOLAIRE project (Système d'Optimisation de la Lecture par Asservissement de l'Image au Regard), we develop an augmented reality system to help patients to read more easily, resulting from a strong interaction between ophthalmologists and researchers in visual neuroscience and computer science. The main idea in this project is to control the display of the text read with the gaze, taking into account the speci c characteristics of the scotoma for every individual. This report describes the system. Key-words: Scotomas, Dégénérescence maculaire, systems to improve speed of reading ∗ INRIA Sophia Antipolis, Projet Odyssée, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis † INCM, Equipe DyVA UMR 6193 CNRS-Université de la Méditerranée 31, chemin Joseph Aiguier 13402 Marseille cedex Le Projet SOLAIRE: Un Système d'Optimisation de la Lecture par Asservissement de l'Image au Regard Résumé : Un problème majeur rencontré par les dé cients visuels qui sont aveugles dans la portion centrale de leur champ visuel est la lecture de texte. Les systèmes actuels d'aide à la lecture ne tirent pas partie de l'essor récent des recherches et technologies concernant la vision, telles que la vision par ordinateur ou la réalité augmentée. Dans le projet SOLAIRE (Système d'Optimisation de la Lecture par Asservissement de l'Image au Regard), nous dévelopons un système de vision augmentée dédié à la lecture en combinant les compétences d'ophtalmologistes, de chercheurs en neurosciences visuelles et de spécialistes de vision arti cielle. L'idée maîtresse de ce projet est d'asservir l'image du texte lu à la position instantannée du regard en adaptant le traitement de l'image aux caractéristiques de la pathologie propre à chaque patient. Ce rapport en décrit la mise en ÷uvre. Mots-clés : Scotomes, Age related macular disease, systèmes d'aide à la lecture The SOLAIRE Project 3
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