Publications

Ahmetovic, D., Manduchi, R., Coughlan, J., & Mascetti, S.. (2015). Zebra Crossing Spotter: Automatic Population of Spatial Databases for Increased Safety of Blind Travelers. In ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2015). http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2811392

Walker, L., Verghese, P., & Coughlan, J.. (2007). Where to look next? Eye movements reduce local uncertainty. Journal Of Vision, 7, 6.

Yuille, A. L., & Coughlan, J.. (1999). Visual search: Fundamental bounds, order parameters, and phase transitions. Proc Ieee Workshop On Statistical And Computational Theories Of Vision. Cvpr 1999. Fort Collins, Co. June 1999.

Fusco, G., Tekin, E., Ladner, R. E., & Coughlan, J.. (2014). Using Computer Vision to Access Appliance Displays. In ASSETS.

Yuille, A. L., Coughlan, J., & Zhu, S. Chun. (2000). Unified framework for performance analysis of Bayesian inference. In AeroSense 2000 (pp. 333–346). International Society for Optics and Photonics.

Yuille, A. L., & Coughlan, J.. (1997). Twenty Questions, Focus of Attention, and A*: A theoretical comparison of optimization strategies. In Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (pp. 195–212). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Coughlan, J. (2009). A Tutorial Introduction to Belief Propagation.

Coughlan, J. (1999). A Transparent Interpretation of the EM Algorithm.

Coughlan, J., Shen, H., & Biggs, B.. (2020). Towards Accessible Audio Labeling of 3D Objects. Journal On Technology And Persons With Disabilities, 8.

Rituerto, A., Fusco, G., & Coughlan, J.. (2016). Towards a Sign-Based Indoor Navigation System for People with Visual Impairments. In 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ACM: Reno, NV.

Shen, H., & Coughlan, J.. (2012). Towards a real-time system for finding and reading signs for visually impaired users. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs (pp. 41–47). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Coughlan, J., & Shen, H.. (2007). Terrain Analysis for Blind Wheelchair Users: Computer Vision Algorithms for Finding Curbs and other Negative Obstacles. In CVHI.

Ivanchenko, V., Coughlan, J., & Shen, H.. (2009). Staying in the crosswalk: A system for guiding visually impaired pedestrians at traffic intersections. Assistive Technology Research Series, 25, 69.

Konishi, S., Yuille, A. L., Coughlan, J., & Zhu, S. Chun. (2003). Statistical edge detection: Learning and evaluating edge cues. Pattern Analysis And Machine Intelligence, Ieee Transactions On, 25, 57–74.

Konishi, S., Yuille, A. L., & Coughlan, J.. (2003). A statistical approach to multi-scale edge detection. Image And Vision Computing, 21, 37–48.

Szeliski, R., & Coughlan, J.. (1997). Spline-based image registration. International Journal Of Computer Vision, 22, 199–218.

Murali, V. N., & Coughlan, J.. (2013). Smartphone-based crosswalk detection and localization for visually impaired pedestrians. In Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2013 IEEE International Conference on (pp. 1–7). IEEE.

Tekin, E., Vásquez, D., & Coughlan, J.. (2013). S-K Smartphone Barcode Reader for the Blind. Journal On Technology And Persons With Disabilities, 1.

Fusco, G., Tekin, E., & Coughlan, J.. (2016). Sign Finder Application - Technical Report.

Coughlan, J., & Shen, H.. (2004). Shape matching with belief propagation: Using dynamic quantization to accomodate occlusion and clutter. In Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop, 2004. CVPRW'04. Generative Model-Based Vision. (pp. 180–180). IEEE.

Fusco, G., Shen, H., & Coughlan, J.. (2014). Self-Localization at Street Intersections. In Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 2014 Canadian Conference on (pp. 40–47). IEEE.

Manduchi, R., Coughlan, J., & Ivanchenko, V.. (2008). Search strategies of visually impaired persons using a camera phone wayfinding system. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs (pp. 1135–1140). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Ivanchenko, V., Coughlan, J., & Shen, H.. (2010). Real-time walk light detection with a mobile phone. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs (pp. 229–234). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Cheraghi, S. Ali, Fusco, G., & Coughlan, J.. (2021). Real-Time Sign Detection for Accessible Indoor Navigation. Journal On Technology And Persons With Disabilities, 9.

Tekin, E., Coughlan, J., & Shen, H.. (2011). Real-time detection and reading of LED/LCD displays for visually impaired persons. In Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2011 IEEE Workshop on (pp. 491–496). IEEE.