Smart backpack helps visually impaired people to navigate in space

Intel's artificial intelligence (AI) product development team has unveiled a backpack with

voice control.The device will help visually impaired people navigate in space  and perceive the world around us. The system can analyze sounds in the surrounding space and warn about obstacles - tree branches, pedestrian crossings, curbs.

The system works inside a small backpack wherethe computing module is located. The camera is built into a jacket-vest, and a compact battery is hidden in a belt bag, with its help the device can work for up to eight hours. The AI ​​spatial camera can be attached to a vest or belt bag and then to a computing module in a backpack. Three holes in the vest provide a view of the camera.

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The module is a powerful AI device based onbased on Intel Movidius VPU. It works with modern neural networks and provides acceleration of computer vision functions and depth mapping in real time.

The user can interact with the system thanks to the Bluetooth headphones. So you can send voice requests and commands, while the system responds with verbal messages.

The scientists added that the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), there are 285 million visually impaired people worldwide. Meanwhile, visual aid systems for navigation have extremely limited capabilities. These solutions lack the depth perception needed to facilitate self-navigation for the visually impaired.

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