Development of a Self-virtual Eye Imparting Technique to a Visually Impaired Person

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350477
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social systems engineering/Safety system
• Research Institution: Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Tan JooKooi 九州工業大学, 大学院工学研究院, 准教授 (40363395)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 自己装着カメラ / 自己視点 / マイ ビジョン / 特有情報 / 安全情報 / 環境・空間動態解析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

People use visual sensation most among the five senses and acquire a wide variety of visual information from it. On the other hand, unlike ordinary people, visually impaired people cannot obtain information through eyesight and consequently their activity is greatly limited. In this study, employing self-virtual view of a visually impaired person in various walking environments, we propose a method of detecting, recognizing and tracking static, moving and specific moving objects in the view. Also we propose a method of providing the visually impaired person with the obtained results as the information on his/her walking environment.
In this project report, the proposed method is summarized, and their effectiveness is shown by the experiments employing the videos taken in real walking environments under various weather conditions and different time periods.

Free Research Field

画像計測・解析