Assistive micro-navigation for vision impaired people

为视力障碍人士提供辅助微导航

• 批准号: DP190100607
• 负责人: Prof Abdesselam Bouzerdoum
• 金额: $ 27.34万
• 依托单位: University of Wollongong
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP190100607
• 关键词: Assistive; micro; navigation; vision; impaired

This project aims to develop novel algorithms to transform a simple camera into a smart sensor, that can enable a vision-impaired person to navigate freely and without additional aids in a crowded area. Such a smart sensor will be endowed with the capability to detect and locate obstacles, identify the walking path, recognise objects and traffic signs and convey step-by-step instructions to the user. The project outcomes are expected to improve the well-being and accessibility to public areas for vision-impaired people and reduce physical access disparities for this disadvantaged and vulnerable group. Furthermore, technologies developed in this project can potentially be adapted for use in related special navigation applications such as road safety, self-driving vehicles, and autonomous robots.

该项目旨在开发新的算法，将简单的摄像头转化为智能传感器，使视力受损的人能够在拥挤的区域自由导航，而不需要额外的辅助设备。这样的智能传感器将被赋予检测和定位障碍物、识别行走路径、识别物体和交通标志以及向用户传达循序渐进指令的能力。项目成果预计将改善视力障碍者的福祉和进入公共场所的机会，并减少这一弱势群体的实际出入差距。此外，该项目开发的技术有可能用于相关的特殊导航应用，如道路安全、自动驾驶车辆和自动机器人。