Proceedings of the Rotterdam Mobility Research Conference 1964
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction. Roelf G. Boiten - 1
Section I: state of the Art Reports on the Utilization of the Electromagnetic Spectrum For Mobility Implementation - x
Ultrasonic Mobility Aids For the Blind. Leslie Kay - 9
Ultrasonic Aid For the Blind. Arthur Nelkin - 17
Progress Report on the Elektroftalm Mobility Aid. Witold Starkiewicz and Tadeusz Kuziszewski - 27
Passive Environment Sensors and Their Transducers. Walton B. Bishop - 39
An Ambient Light Object Detector and Its Potential Extension to Convey Object Shape Information. J.C. Bliss, H.D. Crane, and K.W. Gardiner - 61
Travel Path Sounder. L. Russell - 73
A Mobility Aid For the Blind. G. Chardon - 79
The Familiarization of the Blind with the Visual Characteristics of Surrounding Objects By Means of Photoelectric Devices Equipped with a Sound Signalization. Roatiazav Muratov - 83
Section II: special Problems of Mobility Training - x
Mobility Training in a Program of Social and Vocational Rehabilitation. T. Drake - 99
The Value of Fencing in Mobility Training. Leo Riley - 105
Skiing As a Sport For the Blind. H. Van Dyck - 111
Mobility Problems and the Use of the Cane For Blind Persons. W.J.J. Kooyman - 115
Section III: social and Demographic Research - x
Blind People and the Market For Mobility Devices. Eric Josephson - 121
Wanted: a Readiness Test For Mobility Training. Milton D. Graham - 133
Section IV: research and Development of Mobility Aids - x
Mobility Devices: the State of the Art. John K. Dupress - 165
Summary Statement: Some Remarks on Mobility Theory. M.B. Clowes - 169
Section V: evaluations in Field Laboratory For Performance Parameters of Subjects Using Mobility Aids - x
The Establishment of a Center For Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development. Robert W. Mann - 173
Two Sensory Aids to Augment the Mobility of the Blind. No Kohler - 191
Psychological and Technical Aspects of Guidance Aids For the Blind. M. Chavanon - 199
The Evaluation of the Haverford Bionic Instruments Obstacle Detector. Bruce H. Deatherage - 210
Some General Remarks on Mobility Instrumentation Research. Paul A. Kotere - 235
Veterans Administration For the Long Cane (Typhlo cane). - Appendix I - 243
the Technique of Cane Travel. W.J.J. Kooyman - Appendix II - 253
Form For Evaluating Mobility Training and Performance. Berdell Wurzburger - Appendix III - 281
Mobility: a Questionnaire. Don Liddle - Appendix IV - 291