Description of the subminiature camera and distance sensors.

glasses.avi
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glasses.mpg
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Mating of connector to patient's pedestal. Bringing wires through the skin for 2 decades without infection had been critical.

connector.avi
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connector.mpg
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Patient performing routine tests to determine best stimulation parameters.

testing.avi
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testing.mpg
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Patient uses rangefinder to determine his distance from the wall as he walks towards it.

rangefinder.avi
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rangefinder.mpg
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Simulation of what the patient is seeing overlaid on what the camera is seeing.

simulation.avi
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simulation.mpg
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Simulation of what the patient sees overlaid on the camera view while he retrieves the hat from the wall.

simulation2.avi
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simulation2.mpg
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Patient describes what he sees as he scans the room.

scanning.avi
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scanning.mpg
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Patient finds hat taped to wall and retrieves it.

hatgrab.avi
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hatgrab.mpg
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Patient finds dummy and places hat on his head.

hatondummy.avi
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hatondummy.mpg
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Patient removes hat from the wall and places it on the dummy.

wholesequence.avi
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wholesequence.mpg
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Patient follows child around room.

followchild.avi
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followchild.mpg
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The patient determines the orientation of a tumbling 'E' on the wall.

scanning_e.avi
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scanning_e.mpg
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Patient scans tumbling 'E' on computer screen using a joystick. This illustrates TV/computer/internet access, which the patient is now testing.

computer.avi
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computer.mpg
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Input from the patient's camera after passing through a Sobel edge detection filter.

edge.avi
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edge.mpg
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Testing of an earlier version of the system on the New York subway. Notice the camera mounted on the patient's hat.

subway.avi
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subway.mpg
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