The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there are 285 million visually-impaired
people worldwide. Among these individuals, there are 39 million who are totally blind. There …

The development of walking assistants for visually impaired people has become a
prominent research area due to the rapid growth of these individuals in recent decades …

Visually impaired persons (VIPs) comprise a significant portion of the population and they
are present in all corners of the world. In recent times, the technology proved its presence in …

One-Sixth of the world population is suffering from vision impairment, as per WHO's report. In
the past decades, many efforts have been done in developing several devices to provide …

The world has approximately 253 million visually impaired (VI) people according to a report
by the world health organization (WHO) in 2014. Thirty-six million people are estimated to be …

Navigation, especially in unknown areas, remains a major problem for the visually impaired
(VI). Over the past 50years, a number of electronic travel aids (ETAs) have been developed …

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide, leading to difficulties in daily travel and a
loss of independence due to a lack of spatial information. This article proposes a new …

We propose a novel obstacle avoidance strategy implemented in a wearable assistive
device, which serves as an electronic travel aid (ETA), designed to enhance the safety of …

Starting with everyday activities such as taking a walk at the outside environments, use of
different public transportation methods or even buying different goods, visually impaired …

In this book, we review recent developments at the intersection (no pun intended) of
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and surface transportation, and the …