This paper describes the development of an electromagnetic travel aid aiming to the improvement of the mobility of blind and visually impaired subjects in unknown environments. The paper reports the preliminary results obtained with a portable prototype. They show the feasibility of the electromagnetic “cane”, the possibility to detect the presence of obstacles not detected with ordinary cane and address further improvements
Electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired users / Valentina Di, Mattia; Russo, Paola; Scalise, Lorenzo; DE LEO, Alfredo; MARIANI PRIMIANI, Valter; Valerio, Petrini; Cerri, Graziano. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 1408-1411. (Intervento presentato al convegno Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications tenutosi a Torino nel 9-13 September 2013) [10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632484].
Electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired users
RUSSO, Paola;SCALISE, Lorenzo;DE LEO, ALFREDO;MARIANI PRIMIANI, Valter;CERRI, GRAZIANO
2013-01-01
Abstract
This paper describes the development of an electromagnetic travel aid aiming to the improvement of the mobility of blind and visually impaired subjects in unknown environments. The paper reports the preliminary results obtained with a portable prototype. They show the feasibility of the electromagnetic “cane”, the possibility to detect the presence of obstacles not detected with ordinary cane and address further improvementsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
