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