A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments

Ruxandra Tapu; Bogdan Mocanu; Ermina Tapu

doi:10.1109/ISETC.2014.7010793

A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments

Ruxandra Tapu
, Bogdan Mocanu
, Ermina Tapu

University 'Politehnica' of Bucharest

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a comprehensive survey of wearable systems designed to assist the visual impaired users navigation in everyday life outdoor scenarios. We focus on presenting the main advantages and limitations of each technique in effort to inform the scientific community about the progress in the area of assistive devices and also offer users a review about the capabilities of each system. Various performance parameters are introduced in order to classify different systems by giving qualitative and quantitative measures for evaluation. At the end of the study conclusions are presented along with some perspectives for future work and development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479972654
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISETC.2014.7010793
Publication status	Published - 14 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Timisoara, Romania Duration: 14 Nov 2014 → 15 Nov 2014

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Name	2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings

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Conference	11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014
Country/Territory	Romania
City	Timisoara
Period	14/11/14 → 15/11/14

Keywords

assistive outdoor navigation
blind and visually impaired users
wearable devices

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Tapu, R., Mocanu, B., & Tapu, E. (2015). A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments. In 2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings Article 7010793 (2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISETC.2014.7010793

Tapu, Ruxandra ; Mocanu, Bogdan ; Tapu, Ermina. / A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments. 2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. (2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings).

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Tapu, R, Mocanu, B & Tapu, E 2015, A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments. in 2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings., 7010793, 2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014, Timisoara, Romania, 14/11/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISETC.2014.7010793

A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments. / Tapu, Ruxandra; Mocanu, Bogdan; Tapu, Ermina.
2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7010793 (2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Tapu R, Mocanu B, Tapu E. A survey on wearable devices used to assist the visual impaired user navigation in outdoor environments. In 2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7010793. (2014 11th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications, ISETC 2014 - Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/ISETC.2014.7010793

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