Abstract
Outdoor mobility of Visually Impaired People (VIPs) has always been challenging due to the dynamically varying scenes and environmental states. Variety of systems have been introduced to assist VIPs' mobility that include sensor mounted canes and use of machine intelligence. However, these systems are not reliable when used to navigate the VIPs in dynamically changing environments. The associated challenges are the robust sensing and avoiding diverse types of obstacles, dynamically modelling the changing environmental states (e.g. moving objects, road-works), and effective communication to interpret the environmental states and hazards. In this paper, we propose an intelligent wearable auditory display framework that will process real-time video and multi-sensor data streams to: a) identify the type of obstacles, b) recognize the surrounding scene/objects and corresponding attributes (e.g. geometry, size, shape, distance from user), c) automatically generate the descriptive information about the recognized obstacle/objects and attributes, d) produce accurate, precise and reliable spatial information and corresponding instructions in audio-visual form to assist and navigate VIPs safely with or without the assistance of traditional means.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 12th International Conference on the Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2019 |
Editors | Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Jade Hind, Jamila Mustafina, Assem Al-Hajj, Abir Hussain, Evgeni Magid, Hissam Tawfik |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 984-989 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728130217 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2019 |
Event | 12th International Conference on the Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2019 - Kazan, Russian Federation Duration: 7 Oct 2019 → 10 Oct 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE |
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Volume | October-2019 |
ISSN (Print) | 2161-1343 |
Conference
Conference | 12th International Conference on the Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Russian Federation |
City | Kazan |
Period | 7/10/19 → 10/10/19 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 IEEE.
Keywords
- Blind people navigation
- Data fusion
- Healthcare aid
- Healthcare technology framework
- Object recognition
- Obstacle detection
- Outdoor mobility assistance
- Scene recognition
- Visual impairment