Safe Local Navigation for Visually Impaired Users with a Time-of-Flight and Haptic Feedback Device
This paper presents ALVU (Array of Lidars and Vibrotactile Units), a contactless, intuitive, hands-free, and discreet wearable device that allows visually impaired users to detect low- and high-hanging obstacles, as well as physical boundaries in their immediate environment. The solution allows for...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114285 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7143-7259 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5473-3566 |