Developmet of blind navigation system for visually handicapped person

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K21166
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Perceptual information processing; Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Enami Naoko 神戸大学, 先端融合研究環, 助教 (80628925)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ブラインドナビゲーション / 視野計測 / 自己位置推定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed at development of the blind navigation system for a visually impaired person.This research proposed four methods using a first person camera, GPS, and an image database.a) Match the image captured by the first person camera and the image database to estimate the self position and the direction of movement of the pedestrian.b) For recognition of the signal color of a signal, the hyper-spectrum camera was used and the spectrum effective in color recognition was discriminated.c)The obstacle and the movable object detected in real time.d)In order to clarify the information necessary for the visually handicapped by walking, we proposed a method to measure vision during walking by a visually handicapped.

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