Over the last few decades, the development in the field of navigation and routing devices
has become a hindering task for the researchers to develop smart and intelligent guiding …

Recent statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), published in October 2017,
estimate that more than 253 million people worldwide suffer from visual impairment (VI) with …

In recent years, we have assisted with an impressive advance in augmented reality systems
and computer vision algorithms, based on image processing and artificial intelligence …

Visually impaired people require support with regular tasks including navigating, detecting
obstacles, and maintaining safety, especially in both indoor and outdoor environments. As a …

In this paper, we present a system that allows visually impaired people to autonomously
navigate in an unknown indoor and outdoor environment. The system, explicitly designed for …

In this paper, we introduce the so-called DEEP-SEE framework that jointly exploits computer
vision algorithms and deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to detect, track and …

Ambient assisted living and intelligent transportation systems are becoming strongly
coupled. There is the necessity of improving the quality of life by develo** inclusive …

The development of many tools and technologies for people with visual impairment has
become a major priority in the field of assistive technology research. However, many of …

Peripheral vision loss results in the inability to detect objects in the peripheral visual field
which affects the ability to evaluate and avoid potential hazards. A different number of …

This article presents a new idea of precise navigation for blind people with the use of
infrared sensors, which help them detect various objects such as buildings or walls, etc …