Assistive technology for the visually impaired and blind people is a research field that is
gaining increasing prominence owing to an explosion of new interest in it from disparate …

Blind people are confronting a number of challenges in performing activities of daily life such
as reading labels on a product, identification of currency notes, exploring unknown spaces …

The development of walking assistants for visually impaired people has become a
prominent research area due to the rapid growth of these individuals in recent decades …

Upon publication almost 15 years ago, the first edition almost instantly became a trusted
reference, setting the stage for the coming decade, in which the explosion in research and …

Vision impairment is a major challenge faced by humanity on a large scale throughout the
world. Affected people find independently navigating and detecting obstacles extremely …

Blind or visually impaired people face special difficulties in daily life. With the advances in
vision sensors and computer vision, the design of wearable vision assistance system is …

This paper presents a computer vision based sensory substitution device for the visually
impaired. Its main objective is to provide the users with a 3D representation of the …

Smart wearable technologies such as fitness trackers are creating many new opportunities
to improve the quality of life for everyone. It is usually impossible for visually impaired people …

Over a billion people around the world are disabled, among whom 253 million are visually
impaired or blind, and this number is greatly increasing due to ageing, chronic diseases …

International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 34, No. 5, 2019 AN OVERVIEW OF
ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE Menghan Hu,∗,∗∗ …