Smart cane: Face recognition system for blind

Yongsik Jin, Jonghong Kim, Bumhwi Kim, Rammohan Mallipeddi, Minho Lee

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Abstract

We propose a smart cane with a face recognition system to help the blind in recognizing human faces. This system detects and recognizes faces around them. The result of the detection is informed to the blind person through a vibration pattern. The proposed system was designed to be used in real-time and is equipped with a camera mounted on the glasses, a vibration motor attached to the cane and a mobile computer. The camera attached to the glasses sends image to mobile computer. The mobile computer extracts features from the image and then detects the face using Adaboost. We use the modified census transform (MCT) descriptor for feature extraction. After face detection, the information regarding the detected face image is gathered. We used compressed sensing with L2-norm as a classifier. Cane is equipped with a Bluetooth module and receives a person's information from the mobile computer. The cane generates vibration patterns unique to each person as to inform a blind person about the identity of the detected person using the camera. Hence, the blind people can know the person standing in front of them.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHAI 2015 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages145-148
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781450335270
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2015
Event3rd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2015 - Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 21 Oct 201524 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameHAI 2015 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityDaegu
Period21/10/1524/10/15

Keywords

  • Face detection
  • Face recognition
  • Human assistance system
  • Real-time system

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