Recovering the sight to blind people in indoor environments with smart technologies

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Highlights：

• This paper presents a prototype to assist blind people in indoor environments.

• The prototype incorporates recognition and guidance units.

• It comprises also a voice-user interface.

• Tests in a public indoor space demonstrate promising capabilities.

摘要

•This paper presents a prototype to assist blind people in indoor environments.•The prototype incorporates recognition and guidance units.•It comprises also a voice-user interface.•Tests in a public indoor space demonstrate promising capabilities.

论文关键词：Assistive technologies,Blind people,Computer vision,Indoor navigation,Machine learning,Multiobject recognition,Real time processing

论文评审过程：Received 23 March 2015, Revised 28 September 2015, Accepted 29 September 2015, Available online 13 October 2015, Version of Record 18 November 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2015.09.054