Abstract Since 2019, COVID-19 disease caused significant damage and it has become a
serious health issue in the worldwide. The number of infected and confirmed cases is …

Visually impaired people seek social integration, yet their mobility is restricted. They need a
personal navigation system that can provide privacy and increase their confidence for better …

Abstract Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI) persons encounter safety problems during their
navigation. Therefore, assisting BVI must be addressed. Obstacle detection and avoidance …

Welfare support systems involving robots have been actively researched during the last two
decades. Early attempts have been largely based on classical approaches to process …

Facilitating the navigation of visually impaired people in indoor environments requires
detecting indicating signs and informing them. In this paper, we proposed an indoor sign …

Since the end of 2019, the whole world is still facing a big damage caused by the COVID-19
pandemic. There is an increasing need to build new robust systems used to recognize …

For newcomers and tourists, navigating university campuses can be difficult, resulting in
aggravation and lost time. We respond by introducing “GikiLenS”, an object identification …

With the rapid development of the Internet, network media, as a new form of information
dissemination, has penetrated into people's daily life. In recent years, with the rapid …

In recent decades, vision problems have become more common. One significant barrier is
that people who are visually impaired generally require assistance performing their daily …

To enhance the independence of visually impaired individuals in indoor spaces, this thesis
introduces an iOS application tailored for the visually impaired, leveraging artificial …