Top-View-Based Guidance for Blind People Using Directional Ellipse Model

The guidance system proposed in this paper aims to complement the white cane by monitoring road conditions in a medium range for blind pedestrians in real time. The system prototype employs only one webcam fixed at the waist of user. One of the main difficulties of using a single camera in outdoor o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qing Lin, Hernsoo Hahn, Youngjoon Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-09-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/56715