A Survey on the Usage of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Methods for the Lifestyle Improvement on Low Vision and Visually Impaired People

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
M. Anitha ◽  
V. D. Ambeth Kumar ◽  
S. Malathi ◽  
V. D. Ashok Kumar ◽  
M. Ramakrishnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

A Novel Application of Information Communication Technology to Assist Visually Impaired People

2011 ◽  
pp. 103-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tee Zhi Heng ◽  
Ang Li Minn ◽  
Seng Kah Phooi
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Handheld Device ◽  
Changing Environments ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Security And Reliability ◽  
Road Closure

This chapter presents a novel application for wireless technology to assist visually impaired people. As an alternative to the medical model of rehabilitation, the information explosion era provides the foundation for a technological solution to lead the visually impaired to more independent lives in the community by minimizing the obstacles of living. A “SmartGuide” caregiver monitoring system is built as a standalone portable handheld device linked. The objective of this system is to assist blind and low vision people to walk around independently especially in dynamic changing environments. Navigation assistance is accomplished by providing speech guidance on how to move to a particular location. The system delivers dynamic environmental information to lead the visually impaired to more independent lives in the community by minimizing the obstacles of living. Information of changing environments such as road blockage, road closure, and intelligent navigation aids is provided to the user in order to guide the user safely to his or her destination. This system also includes a camera sensor network to enhance monitoring capabilities for an extra level of security and reliability.

Selecting and Purchasing Clothing: The Experience of Visually Impaired People in Hong Kong

2000 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Sau Fun Frency ◽  
Hui Chi Leung Patrick ◽  
Choy Lin Foong May
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

This study analyzes the decision-making process for selecting and purchasing clothing of 81 people in Hong Kong who are visually impaired. Data were collected through personal interviews. The results show that problems such as unsatisfactory sales services and insufficient clothing information still exist for people with visual impairments (both the group with blindness and the group with low vision), and also reveals that people who are visually impaired have different views on the relative importance of selection criteria for purchasing clothing than do their sighted peers.

scholarly journals Sustainable Museum Access: A Two-way Street

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Levent ◽  
Joan Muyskens Pursley
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
The Past ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Museum Programs ◽  
Audience Development

<p>Many adults who are blind or have low vision are reluctant to visit museums because of disappointing or less-than-welcoming experiences in the past. To attract visually impaired people to your museum, the authors urge you to make outreach and program development a "two-way street," to solicit advice and criticism from a variety of people who are blind or have low vision. In addition, they share issues raised at focus groups they conducted as part of Art Beyond Sight's Multi-Sight Museum Accessibility Study and its Project Access New York program.<br /><br />Key words<br />Accessible museum programs<br />Blind <br />Focus groups<br />museum audience development<br /><br /></p>

Information Communication Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired People

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Minn Ang ◽  
Kah Phooi Seng ◽  
Tee Zhi Heng
Keyword(s):  
Independent Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Mobile Interaction ◽  
Handheld Device ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Recent Developments

The information explosion era provides the foundation for a technological solution to enable the visually impaired to more independent living in the community. This paper first provides a review of assistive technologies for visually impaired people. Current technology allows applications to be efficiently distributed and operated on mobile and handheld devices. Thus, this paper also summarizes recent developments of assistive technologies in mobile interaction. It then presents the Wireless Intelligent Assistive Navigation Management System Using SmartGuide Devices for visually impaired people. The “SmartGuide” of the system is built as a standalone portable handheld device. The system is to assist blind and low vision people to walk around independently especially in dynamic changing environments. It also includes a camera sensor network to enhance monitoring capabilities for an extra level of security and reliability. Finally, the paper presents an improved system with some new designs involving mobile interaction.

scholarly journals Testing Maps for Visually Impaired People in Kurdistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ashna Abdulrahman Kareem Zada
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Colour Measurement ◽  
Iraqi Kurdistan ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Near Future

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Maps are the best solution to provide geographical information for partially impaired people. Present research uses Geographical Information System (GIS) to create paper maps which can be transferred onto a touch display where the user can choose different keys and settings (such as colour, measurement, etc.) to represent different forms of data. The test was developed in the Iraqi Kurdistan and Erbil, the capital, is taken as a sample city for this purpose. The main purpose was to investigate the extent which low vision people find digital and paper mappings useful. Also, the study explores the existing reasons that non-professionals use or avoid using this technology and compares it with the traditional maps that have been used before. The analysis of the questions given to the participants showed that there is an encouraging result in low vision people using maps in the near future and they are interested in introducing these maps into school curriculum.</p>

Information Communication Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired People

2017 ◽  
pp. 17-43
Author(s):  
Li-Minn Ang ◽  
Kah Phooi Seng ◽  
Tee Zhi Heng
Keyword(s):  
Independent Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Mobile Interaction ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Recent Developments

The information explosion era provides the foundation for a technological solution to enable the visually impaired to more independent living in the community. This paper first provides a review of assistive technologies for visually impaired people. Current technology allows applications to be efficiently distributed and operated on mobile and handheld devices. Thus, this paper also summarizes recent developments of assistive technologies in mobile interaction. It then presents the Wireless Intelligent Assistive Navigation Management System Using SmartGuide Devices for visually impaired people. The “SmartGuide” of the system is built as a standalone portable handheld device. The system is to assist blind and low vision people to walk around independently especially in dynamic changing environments. It also includes a camera sensor network to enhance monitoring capabilities for an extra level of security and reliability. Finally, the paper presents an improved system with some new designs involving mobile interaction.

A Program for Sighted, Blind, Low Vision, and Disabled Volunteers

1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. 352-353
Author(s):  
Jeannette Franks
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Social Service Agency ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Volunteer Program ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

This article describes the structure of a volunteer program in a social service agency serving blind and visually impaired people in Seattle, Wash. The program's screening and placement processes, job descriptions, evaluations, statistics and manual are reviewed. Examples of volunteering, including opportunities for handicapped volunteers, are given.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF A SMARTPHONE DEVICE FOR READING AIMED AT LOW-VISION PEOPLE

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (56) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Procópio Da Silva ◽  
Alessandro Correa Mendes ◽  
Fernanda Púpio Silva Lima ◽  
Ana Paula Pinto ◽  
Gabriela Aparecida da Silveira Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Daily Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Visual Ability ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Android Operating System

Many people with total or partial visual impairment can use assistive technology (AT) to facilitate daily living activities. Smartphones and, especially, their applications, can be a tool of easy access and applicability as AT. The aim of this study was to develop an application for use on a smartphone or tablet to improve the visual ability of people with low visual acuity. The software, called Oftcam, was developed using the ANDROID operating system, written in Java Android under the Java version JDK 1.7, supporting the minimum version of Android 2.2. Its operating mechanism includes capturing and adjusting the image of interest to the users according to their needs: expansion, change of background and decentralization of the image of interest. The development of this free, easy-to-handle application will provide the possibility of integration between the user and the auxiliary professional, being, in practice, a mobile resource of health. Considering that most people have an increasing access to phones and tablets, we believe the use of this application is a good alternative to integrate the need and practicality in the daily lives of the visually impaired people.

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