• DocumentCode
    240159
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    5-7 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    343
  • Lastpage
    347
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2014 5th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vietri sul Mare
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CogInfoCom.2014.7020476
  • Filename
    7020476