Title :
Bionic eyeglass: The first prototype A personal navigation device for visually impaired - A review
Author :
Karacs, Kristóf ; Lázár, Anna ; Wagner, Róbert ; Bálint, Bence ; Roska, Tamás ; Szuhaj, Mihály
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol., Pazmeny Peter Catholic Univ., Budapest
Abstract :
The first self-contained experimental prototype of a bionic eyeglass is presented in this paper, a device that helps blind and visually impaired people in basic tasks of their everyday life by converting visual information into speech. The indoor and outdoor situations and tasks have been selected by a technical committee consisting of blind and visually impaired persons, considering their most important needs and potential practical benefits that an audio guide can provide. The prototype system uses a cell phone as a frontend and embedded cellular visual computer as a computing device. Typical events have been collected in the blind mobile navigation database to validate the algorithms developed.
Keywords :
cellular radio; computerised navigation; embedded systems; eye; handicapped aids; medical computing; sensory aids; bionic eyeglass; blind mobile navigation database; cellphone; computing device; embedded cellular visual computer; speech; visual information; visually impaired; Cellular phones; Computer architecture; Embedded computing; Hardware; Liquid crystal displays; Navigation; Neuromorphics; Pattern recognition; Prototypes; Retina; cellular computing; personal navigation; visual impairment;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences on Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2008. ISABEL '08. First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Aalborg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2647-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2648-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2008.4712625
