Projects & Collaborations

Ongoing projects

Tangible interaction for people with visual impairment

In collaboration with Marcos Serrano (IRIT, Toulouse, FR) and Kaixing Zhao (IRIT, toulouse, FR).
Funded by CSC, China and Univ of Toulouse, FR.

BioVisio: simulation of prosthetic vision based on asynchronous camera

In collaboration with Benoit Cottereau (Cerco, Toulouse, FR) and Christophe Hurter (ENAC, Toulouse, FR).
Funded by région Occitanie and ENAC.

InteractiLivres: tactile drawings and interactive books for children with visual impairments

In collaboration with Florence Bara (CLLE Toulouse), and Carolane Mascle (IRIT & CLLE).
Funded by région Occitanie.

AccesSpace: cognitive development of spatial skills in people with visual impairments

In collaboration with Valérie Tartas (CLLE Toulouse).
Funded by MSH-T and région Occitanie.

Innovcare: care pathway for people with disabilities

In collaboration with IMS Bordeaux, IPAL Singapore, CESDV-IJA, Adgessa, Yumaneed.
Funded by Institut Cognition and FIRAH (Project leader, Veronique Lespinet)

ACCESSIMAP: Interactive and collaborative maps for people with visual impairments

2014-2019
 In collaboration with CoDesignLab & HCI groups in Telecom ParisTech, CESDV-IJA and Makina Corpus.
Funded by ANR 2014 (Project Leader: Christophe Jouffrais)
See the ACCESSIMAP website

Simulation of Prosthetic Vision

2009-present
With M. Macé (IRIT-ELIPSE, Toulouse, France)

Past projects

Nanostim : from nanostructured electrodes to the proof-of-concept of a functional visual neuroprosthesis

2011-2015
With C. Bergaud (LAAS, Toulouse, France), Lionel Nowak (CerCo, Toulouse, France), Philippe Marque (INSERM U825 & CHUT, Toulouse, France) and M. Macé (Elipse-IRIT, Toulouse, France)
Granted by the University of Toulouse 3 (2011)

Tool-use by the Blind

With A. Farne and A.C. Roy (U864 Espace et Action, Bron, France )
Granted by the Federation des Aveugles de France (2011)

Multimodal maps for the Blind

2010-2014
With A. Brock (PhD student), D. Picard (ECCD-Ocotogne, Univ. of Toulouse) and P. Truillet (Elipse-IRIT, Univ of Toulouse)
Doctoral fellowship by the French ministry of Research
See the Anke’s website

NAVIG (Assisted Navigation for the Blind)

2008-2013
Assistive device for the Blind based on artificial vision and GNSS fusion (input) and augmented reality (output)
In collaboration with CerCo (S. Thorpe), LIMSI (B. Katz, M. Denis, M. Auvray), SpikeNet Technology , NAVOCAP, CESDV-IJA and Grand Toulouse.
Funded by ANR TecSan 2008 (Project Leader: Christophe Jouffrais) & Region Midi-Pyrenees 2008 (Project Leader: Christophe Jouffrais)
See the NAVIG website

Haptic perception of 2D images (sighted vs. Blind)

2010-2012
With D. Picard (ECCD-Ocotogne, Univ. of Toulouse)
Granted by the PRES Toulouse (2010)

BeA – Bracelet électronique pour l’Autonomie

2009-2012
Assistive device for the elderly and cognitively impaired
In collaboration with ATOS origin, LAAS, Dreamap, Bouygues telecom, Polestar, Auvence, Mutuaide, Thales.
Funded by DGCIS 2009 (PI: ATOS Origin)

Categorization in monkey and Visual Neuroprosthetics

2009
EEG and ensemble recordings and stimulation in monkeys
In collaboration with CerCo (D. Fize and M. Fabre-Thorpe)
Funded by DGA 2008 & FRM 2008 (PI: Fize)

Lea/Ploreav

2008-2009
Assistive device based on artificial vision (input) and augmented reality (output)
In collaboration with CerCo (S. Thorpe), LIMSI (B. Katz) and SpikeNet Technology (H. Doduy)
Funded by FRM INE2005 (Jouffrais), LIMSI 2006 (Katz/Jouffrais), PEPS CNRS 2006 (Jouffrais/Katz)

Active collaborations

Local (Toulouse, FR)

C. Bergaud and Vincent Mansard, LAAS – Refresahable tactile display
M. Serrano, E. Dubois , Elipse – non visual interaction
P. Truillet, Elipse – AT for the visually imapired people, rapid prototyping
M. Macé, Elipse – Simulation of visual neuroprostesis, AT for VI people
A. Brock, ENAC, Toulouse, FR – Interactive Maps for VI people
F. Bara, CLLE, Toulouse, FR – Tactile illustrations for VI people
V. Tartas, CLLE, Toulouse, FR – Spatial cognition in VI people

National (FR)

A. Gentes, CoDesignLab, Telecom Paristech, Paris – Collaborative design for visually imapired people
A. Farne, U864 Espace et Action – Tool-use by the Blind

International

M. Nacenta, SACHI, St Andrews, UK – Collaborative gaming for VI people
Shendong Zhao, NUS, & Simon Perrault, SUTD, Singapore – Hatpic interaction
Suranga Nanayakkara, SUTD, Singapore, & Auckland Univ, NZ – Tangible interaction

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