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By the year 2023, the global population of individuals with impaired vision has surpassed 220 million. People with impaired vision will find it difficult while finding path or avoiding obstacles, and must ask for auxiliary tools for help.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Feifan Yan , Tianle Zeng , Meixi He

The ability to live without being controlled by any action, judgment and any outside factors including any opinions and regulations is defined by the term Independent. But in reality physical movement for travelling or simply walking…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-11 Arnesh Sen , Kaustav Sen , Jayoti Das

Blind and visually challenged face multiple issues with navigating the world independently. Some of these challenges include finding the shortest path to a destination and detecting obstacles from a distance. To tackle this issue, this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Bhavesh Kumar

Access to non-verbal cues in social interactions is vital for people with visual impairment. It has been shown that non-verbal cues such as eye contact, number of people, their names and positions are helpful for individuals who are blind.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-11-30 M. Saquib Sarfraz , Angela Constantinescu , Melanie Zuzej , Rainer Stiefelhagen

This work introduces Guardian Angel, an Android App that assists visually impaired people to avoid danger in complex traffic environment. The system, consisting of object detection by pretrained YOLO model, distance estimation and moving…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Ko-Wei Tai , HuaYen Lee , Hsin-Huei Chen , Jeng-Sheng Yeh , Ming Ouhyoung

Individuals with visual impairments often face a multitude of challenging obstacles in their daily lives. Vision impairment can severely impair a person's ability to work, navigate, and retain independence. This can result in educational…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-03-27 Sibi C. Sethuraman , Gaurav R. Tadkapally , Saraju P. Mohanty , Gautam Galada , Anitha Subramanian

People with visual impairments face numerous challenges when interacting with their environment. Our objective is to develop a device that facilitates communication between individuals with visual impairments and their surroundings. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Souayah Abdelkader , Mokretar Kraroubi Abderrahmene , Slimane Larabi

Although outdoor navigation systems are mostly dependent on GPS, indoor systems have to rely upon different techniques for localizing the user, due to unavailability of GPS signals in indoor environments. Over the past decade various indoor…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-12-27 Ali Hojjat

Visually impaired people face significant challenges in their day-to-day commutes in the urban cities of Bangladesh due to the vast number of obstructions on every path. With many injuries taking place through road accidents on a daily…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Jareen Anjom , Rashik Iram Chowdhury , Tarbia Hasan , Md. Ishan Arefin Hossain

An estimated 253 million people have visual impairments. These visual impairments affect everyday lives, and limit their understanding of the outside world. This can pose a risk to health from falling or collisions. We propose a solution to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-03-30 Alexander Mehta , Ritik Jalisatgi

Blind people face significant challenges when using smartphones. The focus on improving non-visual mobile accessibility has been at the level of touchscreen access. Our research investigates the challenges faced by blind people in their…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-10-31 André Rodrigues , Hugo Nicolau , Kyle Montague , João Guerreiro , Tiago Guerreiro

These days mobile devices like phones or tablets are very common among people of all age. They are connected with network and provide seamless communications through internet or cellular services. These devices can be a big help for the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Jagdish L. Raheja , A. Singhal , A. Chaudhary

Blind people have limited access to information about their surroundings, which is important for ensuring one's safety, managing social interactions, and identifying approaching pedestrians. With advances in computer vision, wearable…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Kyungjun Lee , Daisuke Sato , Saki Asakawa , Hernisa Kacorri , Chieko Asakawa

People who are blind perceive the world differently than those who are sighted, which can result in distinct motion characteristics. For instance, when crossing at an intersection, blind individuals may have different patterns of movement,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Hee Jae Kim , Kathakoli Sengupta , Masaki Kuribayashi , Hernisa Kacorri , Eshed Ohn-Bar

This paper presents a new specific system based on RFID technology to help blind people find the other party in their meeting place. This system, uses a device called Smart Director or SD, equipped with Active Tag and RFID Reader. The blind…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-12 Farshid Sahba , Amin Sahba , Ramin Sahba

People with visual impairments often face significant challenges in locating and retrieving objects in their surroundings. Existing assistive technologies present a trade-off: systems that offer precise guidance typically require…

To overcome the travelling difficulty for the visually impaired group, this paper presents a novel ETA (Electronic Travel Aids)-smart guiding device in the shape of a pair of eyeglasses for giving these people guidance efficiently and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-09-28 Jinqiang Bai , Shiguo Lian , Zhaoxiang Liu , Kai Wang , Dijun Liu

Visually impaired people face numerous challenges when it comes to transportation. Not only must they circumvent obstacles while navigating, but they also need access to essential information related to available public transport,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-03-08 Gourav G. Shenoy , Mangirish A. Wagle , Kay Connelly

Grasping constitutes a critical challenge for visually impaired people. To address this problem, we developed a tactile bracelet that assists in grasping by guiding the user's hand to a target object using vibration commands. Here we…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Marcin Furtak , Florian Pätzold , Tim Kietzmann , Silke M. Kärcher , Peter König

Knowing who is in one's vicinity is key to managing privacy in everyday environments, but is challenging for people with visual impairments. Wearable cameras and other sensors may be able to detect such information, but how should this…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-04-15 Tousif Ahmed , Rakibul Hasan , Kay Connelly , David Crandall , Apu Kapadia