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Abstract
Supporting visually impaired people in their everyday's life is of crucial importance. Thanks to the technological advancements in semiconductors and cyber-physical systems, novel powerful tools and capabilities emerged recently. The integration of miniaturized Time-of-Flight 3D imaging modules combined with vast CPU and GPU power into commercially available smart phones, is a major enabler for a future virtual white cane aiding visually impaired people. This work presents a virtual white cane prototype which in particular targets visually impaired persons and vulnerable road users in general. It exploits the unique 3D environment perception features of a commercially available smart phone in order to perceive the environment in a three dimensional way based on the Time-of-Flight 3D imaging technology. This work not only introduces new concepts, such as a combined v disparity / RANSAC ground plane detection and the so-called Conservative Polar Histogram, it also considerably outperforms the object detection performance compared to state-of-the-art approaches.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2018 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 450-457 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538673768 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Oct 2018 |
Event | 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2018 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 29 Aug 2018 → 31 Aug 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, DSD 2018 |
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Abbreviated title | DSD 2018 |
Country | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 29/08/18 → 31/08/18 |
Keywords
- 3D sensing
- Conservative Polar Histogram
- RANSAC
- Time-of-Flight
- V Disparity
- Virtual White Cane
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hardware and Architecture
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Pieber, T. W., Steger, C., Weiß, R., Ulz, T., Schachner, M., Kreiner, C. J., Plank, H., Troyer, M., Gressl, L. A., Seifert, C., Warmer, F., Rech, A., Erb, M., Scherr, F., Kammerer, M., Stelzer, P., Frewein, A., Strasser, A., Lindner, J., Ess, A., Feldbacher, M. & Weissteiner, H.
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