Lee Stearns

Lee Stearns

PhD Student, Computer Science
University of Maryland
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Lee Stearns was a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab for 5.4 years (May 2013 to Aug 2018). Lee contributed to a project called HandSight as well as 11 publications. During their time in the lab, Lee mentored 8 Makeability Lab students, including Eric Lancaster, Andrew Matuza, and Virginia Melandri.
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Projects

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HandSight

2013 – Present

Recent Papers

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

None 2018

Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Lee Stearns

PDF | Citation | HandSight

Applying Transfer Learning to Recognize Clothing Patterns Using a Finger-Mounted Camera

None 2018

Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight

TouchCam: Realtime Recognition of Location-Specific On-Body Gestures to Support Users with Visual Impairments

None 2017

Lee Stearns, Uran Oh, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | HandSight

Videos

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

YouTube | Paper

TouchCam: Realtime Recognition of Location-Specific On-Body Gestures to Support Users with Visual Impairments

YouTube | Paper

The Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Finger-Mounted Camera and Feedback System to Enable Reading of Printed Text for the Blind

YouTube | Paper

We design, build, and evaluate new interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges. Makeability refers both to how our technological innovations make new abilities possible for humans as well as our educational mission to help students gain new abilities as they learn and grow through research, invention, and human-centered design.

Recent News

Nov. 01, 2022

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Oct. 14, 2022

Professor Froehlich Receives PacTrans Outstanding Researcher Award

July 02, 2020

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