Obstacle detection and avoidance on sidewalks

We present part of a vision system for blind and visually impaired people. It detects obstacles on sidewalks and provides guidance to avoid them. Obstacles are trees, light poles, trash cans, holes, branches, stones and other objects at a distance of 3 to 5 meters from the camera position. The syste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castells, David Elizalde (author)
Other Authors: Rodrigues, J. M. F. (author), du Buf, J. M. H. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/886
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/886