Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts

Ernesto Chalaco; David Basantes; Juan Carlos Molina; Gustavo Caiza

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57548-9_2

Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts

Ernesto Chalaco
, David Basantes
, Juan Carlos Molina
, Gustavo Caiza

Research Group in Electronics Control and Automation (GIECA)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Glasses with artificial vision for reading texts allow people with visual disabilities to perform much better activities in this society, accessing all kinds of written information and obtaining an adequate inclusion in the daily activities and the education. Glasses are equipped with an embedded system, with the software of text recognition and audio playback. This prototype uses a word recognition system with a Pi Cam that distinguishes the word electronically by means of a simple board computer, Raspberry Pi 3B+ and emits the sound of the word to headphones. Audio-assisted text reading glasses were designed to be a support tool for non-sighted people, and it is a low-cost device with easy functionality, which allows independence in the user. The performance tests for the validation of the prototype were carried out with different sizes and font letters; in addition, it was obtained that font sizes higher than 16 and print letters must be used.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium - Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in the Brazilian Technology
Editors	Yuzo Iano, Rangel Arthur, Osamu Saotome, Guillermo Kemper, Reinaldo Padilha França
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	15-25
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783030575472
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57548-9_2
State	Published - 2021
Event	5th Brazilian Technology Symposium, BTSym 2019 - Campinas, Brazil Duration: 22 Oct 2019 → 24 Oct 2019

Publication series

Name	Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume	201

Conference

Conference	5th Brazilian Technology Symposium, BTSym 2019
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Campinas
Period	22/10/19 → 24/10/19

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Artificial vision
Glasses
Visual disabilities

CACES Knowledge Areas

417A Electronics, Automation and Sound

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Chalaco, E., Basantes, D., Molina, J. C., & Caiza, G. (2021). Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts. In Y. Iano, R. Arthur, O. Saotome, G. Kemper, & R. Padilha França (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium - Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in the Brazilian Technology (pp. 15-25). (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 201). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57548-9_2

Chalaco, Ernesto ; Basantes, David ; Molina, Juan Carlos et al. / Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts. Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium - Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in the Brazilian Technology. editor / Yuzo Iano ; Rangel Arthur ; Osamu Saotome ; Guillermo Kemper ; Reinaldo Padilha França. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 15-25 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies).

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Chalaco, E, Basantes, D, Molina, JC & Caiza, G 2021, Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts. in Y Iano, R Arthur, O Saotome, G Kemper & R Padilha França (eds), Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium - Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in the Brazilian Technology. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 201, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 15-25, 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium, BTSym 2019, Campinas, Brazil, 22/10/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57548-9_2

Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts. / Chalaco, Ernesto; Basantes, David; Molina, Juan Carlos et al.
Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium - Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in the Brazilian Technology. ed. / Yuzo Iano; Rangel Arthur; Osamu Saotome; Guillermo Kemper; Reinaldo Padilha França. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 15-25 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 201).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Chalaco E, Basantes D, Molina JC, Caiza G. Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts. In Iano Y, Arthur R, Saotome O, Kemper G, Padilha França R, editors, Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium - Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges in the Brazilian Technology. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 15-25. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-57548-9_2

Glasses with Artificial Vision for Reading Texts

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