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Design of a Wearable Assistive System for Visually Impaired People

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Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management (CISIM 2022)

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At least 2.2 billion people are visually impaired, with the main problem being a lack of autonomy and safety when moving around the city. To solve those needs, a wearable assistive system for vision impairment people, with low cost and open-source applications, integrating machine learning and deep learning was developed. We used a mixed methodology, including semi-structured interviews with visually impaired people and specialists in visually impaired needs, including them both in the design process. This allowed us to have an understatement of the specific needs and to generate improvements in the design. The results are auspicious for the feasibility of this type of development, the main considerations and lessons learned are noted, leaving some opportunities for future research.

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This research was funded by University of Bio-Bio grant number 2060222 IF/R and 2160277 GI/EF. And the Research Department (VRI) of Universidad Andres Bello grant number DI-12-20/REG.

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    Yigay He-Astudillo, Marcelo Reyes-Rogget & Gustavo Gatica

  2. Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Academia Humanismo Cristiano, Av. Condell 282, Providencia, Santiago de Chile, Chile

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  4. Universidad del Bío-Bio, Concepción, Chile

    Rodrigo Linfati

  5. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Cali, Colombia

    Daniel Morillo

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He-Astudillo, Y. et al. (2022). Design of a Wearable Assistive System for Visually Impaired People. In: Saeed, K., Dvorský, J. (eds) Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management. CISIM 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13293. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10539-5_9

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