Lakshya: Intelligent Device to Help Visually Impaired (Blind) People Visualize and Interact with Objects and People Around Them using AI/ML Models of Google Tensor-flow

Abstract

The daily lifestyle of visually impaired people is highly challenging wherein there daily routine activities at home or public places has made them the major of being handicapped. Among the 43 million people who are visually impaired worldwide, very fewer percentage of this population uses different technological advanced products inview to overcome their challenges. But the demerits of using such technological products is that their cost is very high and not all blind people can afford it especially in the developing and/or emerging countries. This research study aims to design and built a reasonably priced device which not only be beneficial but on the same hand also affordable. Hence looking into the main objective of this research study “raspberry Pi2” a miniature chip-based process controlling unit combined with other utility items was designed and constructed inview to overcome the daily lifestyle challenges of blind population. Different logical reasoning programs were uploaded into micro-processor controller and finally tested for its functionality. The outcome was so efficient that activities like identification of sharp objects, and/or people demonstrated significant improvement.