Object Detection and Localization for Visually Impaired People
Shalini Joseph, V Dhananjaya · 2023
Blind and visually impaired (VI) people have limited mobility because they cannot sense their surroundings or the terrain. They require constant help and walking aids to get through their everyday activities. Solutions that were put forth decades ago are now advancing quickly as a result of technical development and integration. While some notions have remained as research ideas, many assistance tools have been used in practical settings. Our goal is to enable blind people to travel independently by giving them the capacity to recognize nearby items and navigate to the object of interest with the use of an object recognition approach. A vital function of the human visual system, recovering the identification of adjacent objects within a restricted range is the goal of this. The feature extraction and matching algorithm is coupled with a voice-activated navigation system and a visual substitution system to identify and locate the object in photos. The proposed technology effectively locates and allows for the movement of blind people.