The development of navigation tools for people who are visually impaired had become an
important concern in the research area of assistive technologies. This paper gives a …

Assistive technology for the visually impaired and blind people is a research field that is
gaining increasing prominence owing to an explosion of new interest in it from disparate …

Navigation assistance is an active research area, where one aim is to foster independent
living for people with vision impairments. Despite the fact that many navigation assistants …

Navigating stairs is a dangerous mobility challenge for people with low vision, who have a
visual impairment that falls short of blindness. Prior research contributed systems for stair …

Wayfinding is a critical but challenging task for people who have low vision, a visual
impairment that falls short of blindness. Prior wayfinding systems for people with visual …

In this paper, we introduce a real-time face recognition (and announcement) system targeted
at aiding the blind and low-vision people. The system uses a Microsoft Kinect sensor as a …

This study proposes an obstacle detection method that uses depth information to allow the
visually impaired to avoid obstacles when they move in an unfamiliar environment. The …

Generally, indoor navigation is considered as a challenging task, especially when people
navigate through an unfamiliar place (eg a university or a mall). It is even a more …

This work is devoted to scene understanding and motion ability improvement for visually
impaired and blind people. We investigate how to exploit egocentric vision to provide …

Background This review explores the evolutionary trajectory of navigation assistance tools
tailored for the visually impaired, spanning from traditional aids like white canes to …