User-Friendly Electronic 'EyeCane' Enhances Navigational Abilities for the Blind (IMAGE)

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User-Friendly Electronic 'EyeCane' Enhances Navigational Abilities for the Blind

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This is a flow chart depicting the use of the device and an illustration of a user. Note the two sensor beams, one pointing directly ahead, and one pointing towards the ground for obstacle detection.

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Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

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