Electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired users
Valentina Di Mattia, Paola Rosalba Russo, Lorenzo Scalise, Alfredo De Leo, Valter Mariani Primiani, V. Petrini, Graziano Cerri · 2013
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.