Abstract
The development of assistive technologies for visually impaired people are increasing as computer systems advanced. Such systems are needed to enhance the quality of life for the visually impaired people. A major challenge facing the visually impaired is that of recognizing colors. The perception of colors is very important in interacting with people and the environment. This paper presents the design and implementation of a hardware-based solution that can help the visually impaired people recognize colors, interact, and take decisions based on their perception of colors. The system can detect a given color and generate an acoustic representation for its HSV values. A set of preliminary experiments on the new system has been performed with the help of visually impaired and blindfolded volunteers. The experimental data showed that the proposed design is easy to use with average training time for nine minutes and 85% of success rate.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences, ICETAS 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538621066 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jul 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences, ICETAS 2017 |
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| Volume | 2018-January |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 IEEE.
Keywords
- Assistive Technologies
- Color Perception
- Signal Processing
- Sonification
- Visually Impaired
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Information Systems
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering