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AudiNect: An Aid for the Autonomous Navigation of Visually Impaired People, Based On Virtual Interface
Mario Salerno, Marco Re, Alessandro Cristini, Gianluca Susi, Marco Bertola, Emiliano Daddario, Francesca Capobianco
Pages - 25 - 33 | Revised - 15-01-2013 | Published - 28-02-2013
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KEYWORDS
Visually Impaired, Blind, Autonomous Navigation, Virtual Interfaces, Kinect, AudiNect
ABSTRACT
In this paper, the realization of a new kind of autonomous navigation aid is presented. The prototype, called
AudiNect, is mainly developed as an aid for visually impaired people, though a larger range of applications is
also possible. The AudiNect prototype is based on the Kinect device for Xbox 360. On the basis of the Kinect
output data, proper acoustic feedback is generated, so that useful depth information from 3D frontal scene
can be easily developed and acquired. To this purpose, a number of basic problems have been analyzed, in
relation to visually impaired people orientation and movement, through both actual experimentations and a
careful literature research in the field. Quite satisfactory results have been reached and discussed, on the
basis of proper tests on blindfolded sighted individuals.
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Professor Mario Salerno
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133, - Italy
salerno@uniroma2.it
Associate Professor Marco Re
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133, - Italy
Mr. Alessandro Cristini
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133, - Italy
Mr. Gianluca Susi
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133, - Italy
Mr. Marco Bertola
Faculty of Engineering, Master in Sound Engineering
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133 - Italy
Mr. Emiliano Daddario
Faculty of Engineering, Master in Sound Engineering
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133 - Italy
Mr. Francesca Capobianco
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics
University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
Rome, 00133, - Italy
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