Title :
Blind guide - A virtual eye for guiding indoor and outdoor movement
Author :
Soveny, Balint ; Kovacs, Gabor ; Kardkovacs, Zsolt T.
Author_Institution :
U1 Res. Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a design of a wearable equipment that helps with the perception of the environment for blind and visually impaired people in indoor and outdoor mobility and navigation. Our prototype can detect and identify traffic situations such as street crossings, traffic lamps, cars, cyclists, other people and low and high obstacles. The detection takes place in real time based on input data of sensors and optical cameras, the mobility of the user is aided with audio signals.
Keywords :
assisted living; eye; handicapped aids; indoor navigation; audio signals; blind guide; cars; cyclists; indoor movement guidance; navigation; outdoor movement guidance; street crossings; traffic lamps; traffic situation identification; virtual eye; visually impaired people; Cameras; Image color analysis; Navigation; Object detection; Prototypes; Real-time systems; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2014 5th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vietri sul Mare
DOI :
10.1109/CogInfoCom.2014.7020476