Sensor-Based Assistive Devices for Visually-Impaired People: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions
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Authors
Elmannai, Wafa
Elleithy, Khaled M.
Issue Date
2017-03-10
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Assistive devices , Visual impairment , Obstacles avoidance , Obstacles detection , Navigation system
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Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there are 285 million visually impaired people worldwide. Among these individuals, there are 39 million who are totally blind. There have been several systems designed to support visually-impaired people and to improve the quality of their lives. Unfortunately, most of these systems are limited in their capabilities. In this paper, we present a comparative survey of the wearable and portable assistive devices for visuallyimpaired people in order to show the progress in assistive technology for this group of people. Thus, the contribution of this literature survey is to discuss in detail the most significant devices that are presented in the literature to assist this population and highlight the improvements, advantages, disadvantages, and accuracy. Our aim is to address and present most of the issues of these systems to pave the way for other researchers to design devices that ensure safety and independent mobility to visually-impaired people.
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Citation
Elmannai, W.; Elleithy, K. Sensor-Based Assistive Devices for Visually-Impaired People: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions. Sensors 2017, 17, 565.
Publisher
MDPI