Currently Available Electronic Travel Aids For The Blind
This review deals with a comprehensive description of the available electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired and blind people.
Currently available electronic travel aids for the blind. So we have compiled a list of top 5 devices that can help legally blind live independently. It had a forward detecting range of 2 meter or 4 meter and 1 6 meters above the head. Currently available design considerations eta patents. Irisvision is an assistive technology solution approved and registered by the fda as a class 1 medical device one of the best vision enhancement wearable low vision aids in the market right now.
Obstacle avoidance orientation navigation and travel in urban environments are. The article describes four of the most widely accepted and utilized electronic travel aids for blind persons the lindsay russell pathsounder the mowat sensor the sonicguide and the c 5 laser cane. Current uses and applications of the four aids for specific populations of visually impaired persons are discussed. Let s have a look at them.
Perhaps the most widely known device is the lasercane which is a regular long cane with a built in laser ranging system. Finally the current projects under way and available technologies aiding the blind in key mobility tasks such as. An electronic travel aid eta is a form of assistive technology having the purpose of enhancing mobility for the blind pedestrian. The only commercially available ultrasonic guide cane online to my best knowledge is ultra cane.