Paper Details

Blind people face several problems in their life, one of these issues that is the most vital one is identification the hindrances when they are walking. A visually impaired person needs absolution to help him overcome problems in navigation due to his disability. The need of guidance helps among blind people and a broader look at the advanced technology becoming available in today’s world motivated us to develop this project. Technology is something which is there to ease task. Hence, in this project, we use Technology to solve the problems of visually impaired people. The project is mainly focused on providing a type of visual aid to the visually impaired people. In this context we propose system in which an Android smartphone is used to help a blind user in obstacle detection and navigation. Today, smartphones are available to anyone. In fact, they have become the most common device available everywhere. Hence, this project uses an Android smartphone that uses its camera to identify objects in surroundings and gives an audio output.

Obstacle Detection, Blind People, Camera