GS2-4 A Method of Improving the QOL of the People with Visual Impairment by MY VISION

Title:	GS2-4 A Method of Improving the QOL of the People with Visual Impairment by MY VISION
Publication:	ICAROB2024
Volume:	29
Pages:	964-968
ISSN:	2188-7829
DOI:	10.5954/ICAROB.2024.GS2-4
Author(s):	Shun Kitazumi, Yui Tanjo
Publication Date:	February 22, 2024
Keywords:	MY VISION, Visually impaired, QOL, Object acquisition, Network diagram
Abstract:	Visually impaired people face several difficulties in indoor activities, such as spending excessive time in locating objects. This paper proposes a method for assisting object acquisition by detecting desired objects and guiding users to them. The method requests a user to express the object he/she wants to acquire verbally and utilizes speech recognition to detect the specified object. Subsequently, the system guides in voice the user's hand to the location of the desired object. The performance of the method is experimentally shown. The method contributes to enhancing the comfort of indoor activities of visually impaired and, in this way, improves their quality of life.
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