Design and development of a prototype rehabilitative shoes and spectacles for the blind

• Published in: 2012 5th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics pp. 795 - 799
• Main Authors: Abu-Faraj, Ziad O., Jabbour, Elie, Ibrahim, Paul, Ghaoui, Anthony
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2012
• Subjects: Blindness; Electronic Mobility Aid; Electronic Travel Aid; Low Vision; Rehabilitative Shoes; Rehabilitative Spectacles; Vision Loss; Visual Impairement

Assistive technology has not yet reached an acceptable level of success in addressing the needs of blind individuals to navigate safely, comfortably, gracefully, and independently. Accordingly, this paper addresses a prototype, smart rehabilitative shoes and spectacles, designed and developed to fac...