Development of a Wearable-type Daily Living Activities Support System for the Visually Impaired based on Images and Distance Information

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01482
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Denki University
• Principal Investigator: Nakamura Akio 東京電機大学, 未来科学部, 教授 (00334152)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚障害者支援 / 画像情報処理 / 文字抽出 / 段差・障害物検出 / 行動認識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research is to develop a wearable-type daily living activities support system for the visually impaired. We have achieved the following two issues: A) to propose a system that recognizes text characters from the region pointed at with a fingertip and reads the text aloud, and B) to propose a system that detects steps, forks or obstacles, and navigates the user to the destination with voice guidance. We have conducted research on for each issue and made academic presentations including derivative research. The integrated hardware system has been developed based on some prototypes.

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