Scent-based color identification for patients with visual disability

• Flórez Fernández, Hector Arturo ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

     Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

     Colombia

     
• Localización: Visión electrónica, ISSN 1909-9746, ISSN-e 2248-4728, Vol. 8, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 163-171
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Nowadays, human disabilities are very common in all places around the world. However, when one person has a disability affecting one of the senses (e.g., sight, hearing), that person usually increases his/her capabilities with other senses. For instance, people with sight-associated disability normally increase their acuteness in senses like hearing and smell. Taking advantage of this human characteristic, in this paper we propose a prototype to offer patients with sight disability the opportunity to identify a set of colors using small amounts of particular essence.