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Eyedentify

The Device “Eyedentify” is devised especially for the visually impaired to recognize people with the help of a cap fitted with camera and image processing unit.
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Eyedentify

“Eyedentify” is devised especially for the visually impaired to recognize people with the help of a cap fitted with camera and image processing unit.

Reduced Inequalities SDG 10

#SDG In Focus

SDG 10 : Reduced Inequalities

Idea

Mr. Didwania, who has 100% loss of vision, was accompanied every morning by his wife to guide him on walk and whisper in his ears about the people who are around to meet him Hence, it spurred me to brainstorm some device to assist him and wear that on his walks.

Problem statement

To design a device to enable people who are blind to recognize who is around them without them having to ask many questions or having someone else describe their surroundings every time.

Constraints

  • It must work in any language (English, Hindi, Gujarati)
  • It cannot be overly conspicuous
  • It needs to be portable since it must be able to work during walks
  • It must be usable without external help

Idea

Mr. Didwania, who has 100% loss of vision, was accompanied every morning by his wife to guide him on walk and whisper in his ears about the people who are around to meet him Hence, it spurred me to brainstorm some device to assist him and wear that on his walks.

Problem statement

To design a device to enable people who are blind to recognize who is around them without them having to ask many questions or having someone else describe their surroundings every time.

Constraints

  • It must work in any language (English, Hindi, Gujarati)
  • It cannot be overly conspicuous
  • It needs to be portable since it must be able to work during walks
  • It must be usable without external help

Idea Brainstorming

An easily wearable device that recognizes common faces and basic surrounding objects, and describes these to the wearer through audio. A camera could be used for a video feed, which is run through a machine-learning program in an embedded computer to detect the faces of known people. A headband or cap was chosen since it is an attire suitable for walking.

A remote-like device with differently-textured buttons that when pressed, have different functions such as detecting the distance to the nearest object (possibly using ultrasonic sensors), recognizing faces when pointed, and alerting for assistance

Idea Brainstorming

An easily wearable device that recognizes common faces and basic surrounding objects, and describes these to the wearer through audio. A camera could be used for a video feed, which is run through a machine-learning program in an embedded computer to detect the faces of known people. A headband or cap was chosen since it is an attire suitable for walking.

A remote-like device with differently-textured buttons that when pressed, have different functions such as detecting the distance to the nearest object (possibly using ultrasonic sensors), recognizing faces when pointed, and alerting for assistance

Final Solution

      When a person who is blind is wearing the face recognition system enabled cap, the modular computer system (Raspberry Pi) of the face recognition system receives an input video frame captured by the camera. The input video frame may comprise a person’s face/facial features in front of the camera.

      After that, the modular computer detects the facial features in the received input. Subsequently, the modular computer system compares the facial feature detected in the received input video frame with one or more historic facial images stored in the memory of the modular computer system.

     When the facial feature is found in the memory on the comparison, the modular computer system sends the audio file with the name of the person that corresponds to the matched face to the amplifier (HXJ8002) and the speaker (general purpose, 8 Ohm). When the face/facial feature is not found in the memory on the comparison, the modular computer system sends a default audio file with a sound indicating no matches to the amplifier and the speaker. In this way, the face recognition system enabled cap assists the person who is blind to identify the person in front of them.

Skills Applied

CAD | Electronics | Design Thinking | Programming | Soldering | Prototyping

Glimpses of the making

Project Contributor

Rhiaan Jhaveri

Detailed Project Documentation

GitHub

This Project Has Been Developed By The Alumni Of Innovation School

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Project Contributor

Rhiaan Jhaveri

Detailed Project Documentation

GitHub

This Project Has Been Developed By The Alumni Of Innovation School

Know More

Solution In Action

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