Object Detection System for Visually Impaired Persons Using Smartphone

Abstract

Portable assistive technology systems are developed to enhance the capability of persons with disabilities. One of the most important senses for humans is vision. Vision is the most important sense which helps us in understanding the perception of the surrounding environment. Visually impaired persons face a lot of difficulty in understanding the perception around them, particularly in outdoor environment where objects are continuously changing and moving from one place to another. Object detection solutions would greatly assist visually impaired persons in avoiding from the barriers which they face in their daily routine life. The aim of the object detection system is to provide a simple, user-friendly, handy, economical and efficient solution for the visually impaired persons. Motive of this system is to develop a solution that detects the objects present using camera, as the input device in real time and communicate the same to the user using smartphone through headphones. The system would be using an audio device such as speakers or headphones in providing the information about objects to assist the visually impaired persons. The proposed system helps in identifying and avoiding the objects both in outdoor and indoor environments that affect day to day life activities and occupational performance of the visually impaired persons. The information about the objects in surrounding environment would be very much helpful to the visually impaired persons in their daily life.