Driving with Poor Vision Becomes Possible
From: ZDNet - 10/17/2007
By: Roland Piquepaille

Spanish researchers at the University of Granada have developed a computer
simulator that allows the visually impaired to drive. The system is called
SERBA, an acronym that in English translates to "reconfigurable
electric-optical system for low vision." SERBA is an optoelectronic platform
based on reconfigurable field programmable gate arrays, which means if a
user's vision worsens he or she can download a new version of the software
instead of having to buy a new device. The system uses a real-time video
processing system and several image processing algorithms. The images are
instantaneously replayed on a military-style transparent view finder that
sits in front of the driver's eye, helping the driver see the road more
clearly. Successful tests were conducted on eight patients with Retinitis
Pigmentosa, a visual impairment that reduces the field of vision, and six
patients with different pathologies that generate a loss of vision clarity. 

Read the entire article at:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=720

Links:
Computer simulator allows visually impaired to drive
http://www.emaxhealth.com/96/17096.html

University of Granada
http://www.ugr.es/

Driving with poor vision becomes possible
http://www.primidi.com/2007/10/17.html
