Navigation for visually
impaired
Requirements
-right direction
-obstacle avoidance
-safe crossing of the road
-reaching a destination
-right bus/train
-when to get off of the bus/train
Trekker Breeze
-Humanware
-Built-in GPS
-Announces intersections and
streets
BrailleNote GPS
-QWERTY/Braille
-18/32 cell braille display
-USB, SD, Ethernet
-thumb buttons
-LookAround
Loadstone GPS
-Symbian S60
-open source
-Bluetooth GPS reciever
Drishti
-Client-Server Architecture
-Dynamic
-text-to-speech dialogue
SWAN
-many sensors
-sounds instead of speech
-army, firefighters
Talking Signs
-audio signals via infrared beams
-permanently installed transmitters
RFID InfoGrid
-RFID chips and readers
-cheap
ShopTalk
-help with shopping in supermarkets
-map of supermarket
-barcode reader
vOICe
-images to sounds
-left to right processing
-loudness/brightness
-height/pitch
K Sonar
-ultrasound
-sound clues about obstacles
MiniGuide
-vibrations
iSONIC Electronic cane
-vibrations
-colors/brightness
Sonic pathfinder
-5 emitters
-musical tones
NAVI
-MS Kinect
-vibrational belt
Kinect for the Blind
-tactile matrix
Traffic lights problem
-important aspect of safe navigation
-cars, color blind
-processing power/portability
-classifiers
OnTheBus
-android
-free