Navigational aid for the visually impaired Patent uri icon

abstract

  • Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing routing and navigational information to users (e.g., visually handicapped users). Example methods may include determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, a first location of a user device and an orientation of a user device, and generating a first route based on the first location, the first orientation, and a destination location. Further, the method may include determining one or more obstacles on the first route using data corresponding to visual information and one or more artificial intelligence techniques; and generating a second route based on the one or more obstacles detected on the first route.

author list (cited authors)

  • Bell, D., Houts, S., Keiser, L. V., Oh, J., & Pandey, G.

complete list of authors

  • Bell, D||Houts, S||Keiser, LV||Oh, J||Pandey, Gaurav