Android 端末を用いた視覚障がい者歩行補助システムの検討

Abstract

A seeing-eye dog is one of the most helpful friends for the blind and visually impaired. However, the number of such kind of dog is very limited and it takes a lot of cost and time for training. Several developments of guide robot or auxiliary equipment to help the blind and visually impaired are reported recently but not so may yet. In this paper it is discussed to develop a tool to recognize safe area of street by using android terminal when the blind and visually impaired walks without the guide of seeing-eye dog. The tool indicates the most safe walking directionby recognizing the edges of street and evaluating them.