An Improved Laser Cane For The Blind

J. Malvern Benjamin Jr.; Nazir A. Ali

doi:10.1117/12.953809

1 March 1974 An Improved Laser Cane For The Blind

J. Malvern Benjamin Jr., Nazir A. Ali

Proceedings Volume 0040, Quantitative Imagery in the Biomedical Sciences II; (1974) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953809
Event: Annual Technical Symposium, 1973, San Diego, United States

Abstract

In 1965 the first model of a laser cane for the blind was produced for the Veterans Administration (VA)* by Bionic Instruments, Inc. Since then, development has prcceeded through three more models (Ref. 1) to the present C-5 cane (Ref. 2)-- the final "prcduction" model to be described here.

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J. Malvern Benjamin Jr. and Nazir A. Ali "An Improved Laser Cane For The Blind", Proc. SPIE 0040, Quantitative Imagery in the Biomedical Sciences II, (1 March 1974); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953809

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