Long range LiDAR characterisation for obstacle detection for use by the visually impaired and blind

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dc.contributor.authorO'Keeffe, Rosemary
dc.contributor.authorGnecchi, Salvatore
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Steve
dc.contributor.authorO'Murchu, Cian
dc.contributor.authorMathewson, Alan
dc.contributor.authorLesecq, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorFoucault, Julie
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en
dc.contributor.funderStaatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovationen
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-24T15:06:47Z
dc.date.available2018-09-24T15:06:47Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.date.updated2018-09-24T14:49:13Z
dc.description.abstractObstacle detection and avoidance is a huge area of interest for autonomous vehicles and, as such, has become an important research topic. Detecting and identifying obstacles enables navigation through an ever changing environment. This work looks at the technology used in self-driving vehicles and examines whether the same technology could be used to aid in navigation for visually impaired and blind (VIB) people. For autonomous vehicles, obstacle detection relies on different sensor modalities to provide information on the vehicles surroundings. A combination of the same sensors placed on a white cane could be used to perform free-space assessment over the whole height of the user and provide additional environmental information not available from the cane alone. This provides its own challenges and advantages. The speeds are much slower when dealing with pedestrians and scanning can be achieved by the movement of the cane. However, the weight and size must be significantly reduced. The full system will be integrated into a smart cane and will consist of four main sensors as well as range sensors. The aim of this work is to report on the characterisation of a long range LiDAR (up to 10m) that will be integrated into a smart white cane developed as part of the INSPEX H2020 project.en
dc.description.sponsorshipStaatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation (Swiss Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under Grant 16.0136 730953)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationO’Keeffe, R., Gnecchi, S., Buckley, S., O’Murchu, C., Mathewson, A., Lesecq, S. and Foucault, J. (2018) 'Long Range LiDAR Characterisation for Obstacle Detection for use by the Visually Impaired and Blind', 2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), San Diego, CA, USA, 29 May-1 June 2018, pp. 533-538. doi: 10.1109/ECTC.2018.00084en
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/ECTC.2018.00084
dc.identifier.endpage538en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-5386-4999-2
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-5386-5000-4
dc.identifier.issn2377-5726
dc.identifier.journaltitle2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTCen
dc.identifier.startpage533en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6901
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)en
dc.relation.ispartof2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::RIA/730953/EU/Integrated Smart Spatial Exploration System/INSPEXen
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8429597
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dc.subjectCollision avoidanceen
dc.subjectHandicapped aidsen
dc.subjectMobile robotsen
dc.subjectOptical radaren
dc.subjectUltrasonic devicesen
dc.subjectRange LiDAR characterisationen
dc.subjectObstacle detectionen
dc.subjectAutonomous vehiclesen
dc.subjectVehicles surroundingsen
dc.subjectRange sensorsen
dc.subjectSmart white caneen
dc.subjectVisually impaired and blind peopleen
dc.subjectSize 10.0 men
dc.subjectLaser radaren
dc.subjectSensor systemsen
dc.subjectSensor phenomena and characterizationen
dc.subjectIntelligent sensorsen
dc.subjectPrototypesen
dc.subjectSensor arraysen
dc.subjectLiDARen
dc.subjectCharacterisationen
dc.subjectEmbeddeden
dc.subjectIntegrated systemen
dc.subjectLow-poweren
dc.titleLong range LiDAR characterisation for obstacle detection for use by the visually impaired and blinden
dc.typeConference itemen
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