An Advanced Object Detection and Face Recognition System to Assist Visually Impaired People

Vision is the very important sense among the five human senses. It is required for a person to interact with his surroundings. It’s crucial for individuals with visual impairments to comprehend their environment and identify the objects they encounter in order to navigate daily tasks effectively. In this work the proposed system will detect objects, estimate distance of objects and recognize faces to aid a visually impaired person to understand his/her environment by describing the presence of objects and faces in the form of audio. This system is implemented in a form of a portable, battery powered wearable device which consists of a single board computer, stereo camera and headset components. It integrates object detection and face recognition algorithms to build a fast and efficient application which will narrate the description of the environment to the user.