RoboGuideDog: Guiding Blind users Through Physical Environments with Laser Range Scanners

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss initial concepts of the development of a fully automatic guide dog system for blind users. The physical scene is scanned using a laser range device, and the three dimensional point cloud measurements are analyzed and transformed into a description of the environment that is communicated to the user via synthetic speech and/or haptic feedback allowing the user to navigate around physical space.

Keywords

guide system: laser range finder
intelligent system
haptic feedback

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