Stereo vision in blind navigation assistance

Fernandes, H.; Costa, P.; Filipe, V.; Hadjileontiadis, L.; Barroso, J.

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Stereo vision in blind navigation assistance.pdf	Visual impairment and blindness caused by infectious diseases has been greatly reduced, but increasing numbers of people are at risk of age-related visual impairment. Visual information is the basis for most navigational tasks, so visually impaired individuals are at disadvantage because appropriate information about the surrounding environment is not available. With the recent advances in inclusive technology it is possible to extend the support given to people with visual impairment during their mobility. In this context we propose a system, named SmartVision, whose global objective is to give blind users the ability to move around in unfamiliar environments, whether indoor or outdoor, through a user friendly interface. This paper is focused mainly in the development of the computer vision module of the SmartVision system.	317 KB	Adobe PDF	Download

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Visual impairment and blindness caused by infectious diseases has been greatly reduced, but increasing numbers of people are at risk of age-related visual impairment. Visual information is the basis for most navigational tasks, so visually impaired individuals are at disadvantage because appropriate information about the surrounding environment is not available. With the recent advances in inclusive technology it is possible to extend the support given to people with visual impairment during their mobility. In this context we propose a system, named SmartVision, whose global objective is to give blind users the ability to move around in unfamiliar environments, whether indoor or outdoor, through a user friendly interface. This paper is focused mainly in the development of the computer vision module of the SmartVision system.

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Article number - 5665579; Conference date - 19 September 2010 - 23 September 2010; Conference code - 83391
Fonte: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224204745_Stereo_vision_in_blind_navigation_assistance

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Blind Navigation Accessibility Computer Vision Hough Transform GIS

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Fernandes, H., Costa, P., Filipe, V., Hadjileontiadis, L., & Barroso, J. (2010, September). Stereo vision in blind navigation assistance. In 2010 World Automation Congress (pp. 1-6). IEEE.