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A prototype helping device for the visually impaired using an optical to mechanical transducer

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:20 authored by Garibaldi Pineda Garcia, José Ortíz Bejar, José Francisco Mercado Miramontes
Computer hardware is becoming ubiquitous, from kitchen appliances to research machines to cell phones. This availability of computing capable circuits has driven its cost down, thus making several applications possible on commercial hardware. Computer vision is one of such tasks, it is now possible to create computer based helping devices for the visually impaired. In recent years there has been an explotion of computer vision hardware for many applications, 3D scanners in particular which are used to interact with regular operative systems or games. This paper presents an apparatus which uses one of such devices (Kinect) developed by Microsoft that senses the world in 3D. This information is then processed with a low-power computer called the BeagleBone whose output will be sent to the user via mechanical pulses.

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  • Published

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Journal

2013 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power Electronics and Computing (ROPEC)

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Event name

2013 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power Electronics and Computing (ROPEC)

Event location

Morelia, Michoacán, México

Event type

conference

Event date

13-15 Nov. 2013

Place of publication

México City, México

ISBN

9781479923700

Series

IEEE International Autumn Meeting on Power Electronics and Computing (ROPEC)

Department affiliated with

  • Informatics Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-12-21

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-12-21

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-12-21

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