Title:	PROPOSAL FOR SURROUNDING INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Author(s):	Honomi Chiba and Yutaka Miyaji
ISBN:	978-989-8704-31-3
Editors:	Katherine Blashki
Year:	2021
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Wearable Interface, Information Presentation System, Visually Impaired
Type:	Full
First Page:	61
Last Page:	68
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Since people obtain more than 80% of their information from their sense of sight, visually impaired are limited in the information they can obtain. Nowadays, there can be 2.2 billion people who are visually impaired in the world. Generally, it is hard for those who have limited or weak eyesight to obtain the information about surroundings. However, there is little information using sound or Braille in public. In this research, we proposed a system that presents object information, character information, and their directions audibly to visually impaired people who have difficulty obtaining information about their surroundings, using an omnidirectional camera and a glasses-type wearable device. In this system, information about the surrounding area can be individually presented at any desired timing, regardless of the location. In addition, the system can be used by people who do not know where the information is because it uses omnidirectional cameras. To verify the accuracy of this system, we selected vertical and horizontal outdoor sign boards as the target objects and conducted an experiment to see if the system could actually recognize them. In addition, when the system was actually used by the experiment collaborators, we were able to obtain good evaluations for the high accuracy and ease of operation and were able to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system.
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