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Laser Sensing and Vision Sensing Smart Blind Cane: A Review
2023
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Guide equipment and smart blind canes are introduced and classified first, and the smart blind canes based on vision sensing, laser sensing and laser vision sensing are investigated, respectively, and ...
The future development prospects of laser vision sensing smart blind cane are overviewed, to boost the development of laser vision sensing smart blind cane, to provide safe and efficient travel guarantee ...
Comparative Discussion The comparison of the performance of laser sensing smart cane, vision sensing intelligent blind cane, laser and vision integrated sensing smart cane, laser and vision fusion sensing ...
doi:10.3390/s23020869
pmid:36679665
pmcid:PMC9864660
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Are electronic white canes better than traditional canes? A comparative study with blind and blindfolded participants
2020
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Experiments involving blind users are usually not contrasted with the traditional white cane. This study set out to compare an ultrasound-based electronic cane with a traditional white cane. ...
Next, blindfolded participants are insufficient substitutes for blind participants who are expert cane users. ...
They observed general satisfaction and usability. The second part involved a questionnaire sent to 18 cane users around Brazil of which five had low vision and 13 were blind. ...
doi:10.1007/s10209-020-00712-z
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Electronic Guidance Cane for Users Having Partial Vision Loss Disability
2021
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
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Vision is, no doubt, one of the most important and precious gifts to humans; however, there exists a fraction of visually impaired ones who cannot see properly. ...
The designed embedded system includes a cane, a microcontroller, Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Global Positioning System (GPS) module, Arduino, a speech output module speaker, Light-Dependent ...
iSONIC cane), and optical devices (the laser long cane) [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] . ...
doi:10.1155/2021/1628996
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Autonomous Smart White Cane Navigation System for Indoor Usage
2020
Technologies
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Currently, the three main options available for blind people are using a white cane, technological tools and guide dogs. ...
Keeping the needs and problems faced by the visually impaired people in mind, we have come up with a technological solution that is a "Smart Cane device" that can help people having sight impairment to ...
Visually impaired persons including deaf-blind, blind, and low vision people require assistance in their daily life. ...
doi:10.3390/technologies8030037
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Connected cane: Tactile button input for controlling gestures of iOS voiceover embedded in a white cane
2017
Assistive technology
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The overall goal of this study is to enable visually impaired white cane users to access their mobile iOS device's capabilities navigation aids more safely and efficiently on the go. ...
In this article, we discuss the research and evaluation of using a tactile button interface to control an iOS device's native VoiceOver Gesture navigations (Apple Accessibility, 2014). ...
With theft of smartphone devices being an issue for the general population, some blind and low vision individuals expressed a heightened sense of perceived vulnerability associated with the use of a white ...
doi:10.1080/10400435.2016.1265024
pmid:28140766
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A Design review of Smart Stick for the Blind Equipped with Obstacle Detection and Identification using Artificial Intelligence
2019
International Journal of Computer Applications
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This paper reviews the design of a smart cane, i.e., A smart stick for the blind, equipped with obstacle recognition using AI Technologies adds more virtual visibility in their journey. ...
Moreover, a blind person's capacity to navigate in a given setting, along with their ability to organize their daily activities are vital to their health and wellbeing. ...
In this sense, the user will know what is before him/her. Thus, the smart cane is a boon for the blind. It is a masterpiece of technology that has revolutionized the care for the blind. ...
doi:10.5120/ijca2019918768
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A Review of Some Assistive Tools and their Limitations for Visually Impaired
2022
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In this paper, a systematic review of some of the assistive tools for Blind and Visually Impaired is done. ...
The above numbers urge researchers to develop advanced assistive tools for Blind and Visually Impaired. ...
Introduction A person with vision disability in most of the cases has to rely on other senses and depend on others to perform their daily routine tasks. ...
doi:10.29042/2022-12-1-1-9
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Analysis of Navigation Assistants for Blind and Visually Impaired People: A Systematic Review
2021
IEEE Access
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INDEX TERMS Blind and visually impaired people, healthcare, smart devices, systematic literature review. ...
Diverse approaches such as: e-cane or guide dog, infrared-based cane, laser based walker and many others are proposed for the navigation of BVIPs. ...
Some of these approaches include cane or guide dog, infrared cane base assistance, voice assistance navigation system, laser based walker, ultrasonic cane assistance [13] - [16] , and sound of vision ...
doi:10.1109/access.2021.3052415
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New electronic white cane for stair case detection and recognition using ultrasonic sensor
2013
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
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Blinds people need some aid to interact with their environment with more security. A new device is then proposed to enable them to see the world with their ears. ...
In this paper, we are involved in using only one ultrasonic sensor to detect stair-cases in electronic cane. In this context, no previous work has considered such a challenge. ...
Some solutions are already exist on the market such as: Laser Cane [1] , Teletact [2] , UltraCanne [3] , K Sonar cane [4] , Smart Cane [5] , Isonic [6] , Guide cane [7] , Palm Sonar [8] , SmartWand ...
doi:10.14569/ijacsa.2013.040633
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AN OVERVIEW OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
2019
International Journal of Robotics and Automation
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As VIPs and blind people may have different behaviour patterns, a criterion for classifying different types of vision impairments is presented. ...
Subsequently, we classify the substitutive senses for visual perception into five categories: vision enhancement, audition, somatosense, visual prosthesis, and olfactory and gustation. ...
[71] used an RGB camera and a laser pointer in combination to develop a virtual white cane for 586 VIPs and blind people. ...
doi:10.2316/j.2019.206-0302
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Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors in Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired People, a Review
2021
Sensors
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Finally, regarding application fields, it has been highlighted that a gap exists in the literature regarding aids for rehabilitation and biomechanical analysis of VIP. ...
The discussion includes new avenues of research, missing elements, and usability analysis, since a limitation evidenced in the selected articles is the lack of user-centered designs. ...
The author Karla Miriam Reyes Leiva acknowledges scholarship support from the Fundación Carolina FC and the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana UNITEC. ...
doi:10.3390/s21144767
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Wearable Travel Aids for Blind and Partially Sighted People: A Review with a Focus on Design Issues
2022
Sensors
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Blind and partially sighted people experience a number of barriers to travel, including inaccessible information and environments, and consequently require support from technology or other people to overcome ...
They have the particular advantage of keeping the hands free, thereby facilitating the use of a long cane, guide dog or another device at the same time. ...
Institutional Review Board Statement: Not applicable. Informed Consent Statement: Not applicable.
Data Availability Statement: Not applicable. ...
doi:10.3390/s22145454
pmid:35891128
pmcid:PMC9324285
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Electronic Travel Aid for Visually Impaired People based on Computer Vision and Sensor Nodes using Raspberry Pi
2016
Indian Journal of Science and Technology
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In 3 Design, Development and Clinical Evaluation of the Electronic Mobility Cane for Vision Rehabilitation here they have given a novel technique to develop a smart cane stick to detect the environment ...
A simple cane stick gives less information about the environment while smart cane stick gives information about stairs, wet floor and unevenness of floor to the blind user to avoid collision and also better ...
doi:10.17485/ijst/2015/v8i1/106850
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Wayfinding Tools for People With Visual Impairments in Real-World Settings: A Literature Review of Recent Studies
2021
Frontiers in Education
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A review of 35 peer reviewed articles dated from 2016 to February, 2021 was conducted to identify and describe the types of wayfinding devices that people who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind ...
Results showed that 33 out of the 35 studies which met inclusionary criteria integrated the use of smart device technology. ...
Lastly, the authors would like to thank the editor and the two reviewers for their support and constructive comments during the peer review process. ...
doi:10.3389/feduc.2021.723816
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A Hybrid System to Assist Visually Impaired People
2021
SN Computer Science
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Blindness is one of the serious problems that is affecting the vast majority of people globally. Traditionally, the affected ones use white cane or a dog to assist them. ...
The system discussed in this paper is a hybrid guidance system that uses traditional stick and sensors (camera and ultrasonic) for coping in indoor and outdoor environments. ...
[4] introduced a laser cane using high-efficiency G.E. lasers for efficient detection of obstacles. The device even has a range adjustment from 3 to 12 feet. Sabarish et al. ...
doi:10.1007/s42979-021-00703-8
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