Edge Eye: A voice assisted campus navigation system for visually impaired

Abstract

In recent years, the higher educational institutes trough out the nation has stated incorporating structural facilities to become user-friendly for people with special needs. Still, campuses lack a system that can provide easy navigation for visually impaired people. Through this paper, we propose a system named "Edge-eye ", a campus navigation system for visually impaired people. The system requires the user to carry a smart cane. The cane will be attached with a camera device that will be reading the name boards or location identifiers the person comes across. From that location identifier, the system will detect the person’s location as previously set in the system. Once the user provides a destination point, the system will calculate the shortest path to the destination and give an audio output to the user. The major peculiarity of the system is that it is an independent system and works without the aid of the Global Positioning System. The system has been implemented in a controlled environment and found to be convenient for the users.