Graduate Students

The primary research interest of this group is in the real-time acquisition and proc-essing of visual information for display to the visual and nonvisual senses, and in the psychology of human utilization of such information, for both communication and control. The motivation is an interest in human capabilities for information processing and in human information requirements. Applications include sensory-aids systems for the blind and the blind-deaf, picture-transmission systems, and special information-display systems for enhancement of human performance under conditions of stress. Major projects now in progress include studies on reading machines, mobility-aids, picture processing, and pattern recognition. 1. Reading-Machine Studies Results during the past two years from a number of research investigations, each concerned with some facet of the reading-machine problem, now point the way toward the development of an integrated real-time reading-machine system that will serve as an invaluable facility for further research on character recognition, special-purpose picture processing, tactile pattern perception, and auditory displays, including artifi