A smart glasses system for the visually impaired people using an object detection model

Abstract

To date there are challenges experienced by visually impaired individuals in perceiving their surroundings resulting in navigation and accessibility problems. Therefore, to address this limitation, this project designs a system using a microcontroller, object detection model, and camera to assist blind people in recognizing their surroundings, including faces, objects, and obstacles. The visually impaired individuals receive output in form of audio from the system. The design method is used to develop, integrate and test the system components. A prototype and results of such tests were compiled, reported and will be submitted for examination to the department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, Busitema University.