Haptic-assistive technologies for audition and vision sensory disabilities

F Sorgini, R Caliò, MC Carrozza… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of this review is to analyze haptic sensory substitution technologies for
deaf, blind and deaf–blind individuals. Method: The literature search has been performed in …

Designing haptic assistive technology for individuals who are blind or visually impaired

DTV Pawluk, RJ Adams, R Kitada - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers issues relevant for the design and use of haptic technology for
assistive devices for individuals who are blind or visually impaired in some of the major …

Multimodal sensing and intuitive steering assistance improve navigation and mobility for people with impaired vision

P Slade, A Tambe, MJ Kochenderfer - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
Globally, more than 250 million people have impaired vision and face challenges navigating
outside their homes, affecting their independence, mental health, and physical health …

A survey on assistive technology for visually impaired

K Manjari, M Verma, G Singal - Internet of Things, 2020 - Elsevier
One-Sixth of the world population is suffering from vision impairment, as per WHO's report. In
the past decades, many efforts have been done in developing several devices to provide …

Design and implementation of an intelligent assistive system for visually impaired people for aerial obstacle avoidance and fall detection

WJ Chang, LB Chen, MC Chen, JP Su… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an intelligent assistive system based on wearable smart glasses and
an intelligent walking stick for visually impaired people to achieve the goals of aerial …

Are electronic white canes better than traditional canes? A comparative study with blind and blindfolded participants

ADP dos Santos, FO Medola, MJ Cinelli… - Universal Access in the …, 2021 - Springer
Visually impaired individuals often rely on assistive technologies such as white canes for
independent navigation. Many electronic enhancements to the traditional white cane have …

Organic photovoltaics: Toward self-powered wearable electronics

K Yu, S Rich, S Lee, K Fukuda, T Yokota… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past several years, research in soft and flexible electronics has promised to yield
developments in wearable technology, including health and fitness monitoring tools …

Integrating wearable haptics and obstacle avoidance for the visually impaired in indoor navigation: A user-centered approach

F Barontini, MG Catalano, L Pallottino… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, in the attempt to increase blind people autonomy and improve their quality of life, a
lot of effort has been devoted to develop technological travel aids. These systems can …

Dronenavigator: Using leashed and free-floating quadcopters to navigate visually impaired travelers

M Avila Soto, M Funk, M Hoppe, R Boldt… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Although a large number of navigation support systems for visually impaired people have
been proposed in the past, navigating through unknown environments is still a major …

Real time multi object detection for blind using single shot multibox detector

A Arora, A Grover, R Chugh, SS Reka - Wireless Personal …, 2019 - Springer
According to world health statistics 285 million out of 7.6 billion population suffers visual
impairment; hence 4 out of 100 people are blind. Absence of vision restricts the mobility of a …