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Simplified closed circuit television magnifier for the partially sighted
Author(s) -
Fowler Colin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1993.tb00432.x
Subject(s) - closed circuit , partially sighted , scanner , professional video camera , computer science , computer graphics (images) , computer vision , optometry , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , visually impaired , human–computer interaction , medicine
Although the use of closed circuit television (CCTV) magnifiers is now well established, the instruments tend to be bulky, complex and expensive. A magnifier is described which consists of a miniature TV camera used as a hand‐held scanner, which can be plugged into a wide variety of monitors and television sets.