The development of walking assistants for visually impaired people has become a
prominent research area due to the rapid growth of these individuals in recent decades …

Blind and Visually impaired people (BVIP) face a range of practical difficulties when
undertaking outdoor journeys as pedestrians. Over the past decade, a variety of assistive …

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide, leading to difficulties in daily travel and a
loss of independence due to a lack of spatial information. This article proposes a new …

One of the major challenges for blind and visually impaired (BVI) people is traveling safely to
cross intersections on foot. Many countries are now generating audible signals at crossings …

Wearable devices have been developed to improve the navigation of blind and visually
impaired people. With technological advancements, the application of wearable devices has …

A review of 35 peer reviewed articles dated from 2016 to February, 2021 was conducted to
identify and describe the types of wayfinding devices that people who are blind, visually …

Navigation assistive technologies have been designed to support the mobility of people who
are blind and visually impaired during independent navigation by providing sensory …

Nowadays, recent advancements in ICT have sped up the development of new services for
smart cities in different application domains. One of these is definitely healthcare. In this …

Visually impaired and blind people (VIBP) have to face significant difficulties locating public
transport vehicles and bus stops due to their vision restrictions. Over the past decade …

Outdoor navigation remains a challenging activity for People with Visual Impairments (PVI).
Having examined the current literature, we conclude that there are very few publications …