An Integrated Mobile Vision System for Enhancing the Interaction of Blind and Low Vision Users with Their Surroundings [An Integrated Mobile Vision System for Enhancing the Interaction of Blind and Low Vision Users with Their Surroundings]

This paper presents a mobile-based solution that integrates 3D vision and voice interaction to assist people who are blind or have low vision to explore and interact with their surroundings. The key components of the system are the two 3D vision modules: the 3D object detection module integrates a deep-learning based 2D object detector with ARKit-based point cloud generation, and an interest direction recognition module integrates hand/finger recognition and ARKit-based 3D direction estimation.