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A blind marathon runner used a few devices from this company, the Wayband and the Tortoise, in order to run in an actual race.
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Trained agents will describe the information about the user's surroundings provided by a camera on the user to help them with navigation.
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Open-source project (all instructions on how to make are freely available)
This project is very similar to ours, using ultrasonic sensors as distance detectors and alerts the user with pressure to their face. This project is worn on the user's face.
Sensor belt that uses infrared light for object detection and a haptic strap to provide vibrational feedback.
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3D Camera attached to user that provides output with vibration belt and Braille interface
The paper proposing this solution also includes related work on other solutions to helping visually impaired people in navigating their surroundings.
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A glove with ultrasonic sensors to detect distance, applies pressure to wrist when close to object
A charity in London that helps to improve the quality of life for visually impaired and blind people
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An app that uses a camera to capture the surroundings and passes the image to an image detection API, with the information provided converted from text to speech
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Infrared and ultrasonic sensors detect potential hurdles, Bluetooth and GPS provide audio assistance to desired destination
Provides people with visual impairment with a virtual map and a virtual avatar; the user will have stereo headphones a haptic device that controls the position of the avatar and provides the user with haptic and auditory feedback similar to that of a long cane, informing the user of the texture and sound of the floor
Patents
Patents
A wearable neck device that contains a camera
A speaker on the device alerts the user through an auditory method to inform users of what the camera detects
Photographs road conditions when light conditions are acceptable to guide those with difficulty seeing
Directs users around vehicles to prevent accidents using vibrations and voice alarms
Wearable Tactile Navigation System
Using a cell phone and onboard GPS, it uses motors in a belt to guide users back to a set location
Interestingly had the capabilities of an onboard camera, but they chose to rely on the cell phone for guidance
Echolocation system where acoutstic wave energy above audible range will hit the object and be received by sensors that provide audible output to the left and right ears
Captures some images to detect moving objects, classifies the spatial relationship to these objects, and converts the spatial information into actionable audible information
Search result competitors
Search result competitors
There are other existing products or groups that also have or contain the name "Blind-Aid"*, come up in the first few medical-based results** on Google, or can be found in google by searching for similar products (like searching "distance sensor blind product").
*Other products that also have or contain the name "Blind-Aid" or the words "blind aid" not included here can be found in the above sections in red text.
**Note: If location-based results are allowed by the Google user, top search results can be blind and curtain stores.
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