doi: 10.7763/IJET.2023.V15.1217
Prototype of a Method to Support the Walking of Visually Impaired by Detecting the Walkable Area Using Pedestrians
Yasuyuki Murai
1
,
Hisayuki Tatsumi
2
,
,
- 1 Nihon Pharmaceutical
- 2 Tsukuba University
Abstract
The goal of this study is to support the walking ofvisually impaired people using AI and a small camera. It isdifficult for the visually impaired to walk straight toward thetarget due to the characteristics of the disability. Even if theythink they are walking straight, they will move off to the left andright. For this reason, they may have an accident such as fallingfrom the platform of the train. In this report, in order to enablevisually impaired people to walk safely toward the target, asmall camera attached to the body captures the direction oftravel, detects the area where the pedestrian can walk safelyfrom the recorded pedestrian, and guide users there. Weconsider that the place where there are pedestrians is an areawhere we can walk safely. Pedestrians are detected fromcamera images using AI. Use sound to inform the user of thedirection of travel. We prototyped these methods.
Keywords
- Visually impaired
- veering tendency
- deeplearning
- wearable device
How to Cite
Yasuyuki Murai, Hisayuki Tatsumi, Yumiko Ota, and Masahiro Miyakawa, "Prototype of a Method to Support the Walking of Visually Impaired by Detecting the Walkable Area Using Pedestrians," International Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 41-44, 2023. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJET.2023.V15.1217
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