2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Object Recognition Aid for the Visually Impaired Based on On-demand Image Processing
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25560278
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIZUNO Shinji 愛知工業大学, 情報科学部, 教授 (20314099)
EZAKI Nobuo 鳥羽商船高等専門学校, 制御情報工学科, 教授 (30311038)
AOYAGI Mayumi 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40550562)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 視覚障がい者 / 支援システム / 測距センサー / 画像処理 / ユーザインターフェース |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research project, we proposed an assistive system to help visually impaired individuals (users) not only detect obstacles in their vicinity, but also recognize what these objects are. The following three items were conducted: (1) we built recognition methods of several objects, such as chairs, desks, stairs, elevators, and handrails, by use of RGB-D sensors, such as Microsoft Kinect. (2) We also developed user interface systems based on vibrators, loudspeakers, microphones, and voice recognition technique. The user interface system allowed users to instruct the system and to understand the output of the system easily. (3) We conducted user studies to evaluate our assistive system. We compare our system with a conventional white cane, and confirmed that our system was more effective to find target objects.
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| Free Research Field |
福祉工学
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