title: A smart multisensor approach to assist blind people in specific urban navigation tasks.
abstract: Visually impaired people are often discouraged in using electronic aids due to complexity of operation, large amount of training, nonoptimized degree of information provided to the user, and high cost. In this paper, a new multisensor architecture is discussed, which would help blind people to perform urban mobility tasks. The device is based on a multisensor strategy and adopts smart signal processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems(DIEES), University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy. bruno.ando@diees.unict.it
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authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002947:Cities; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D009949:Orientation; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers