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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieek.2013.50.7.167

Mobile Photo Shooting Guide System for A Blind Person  

Kim, Taehyub (Dept. of Imaging Science and Arts, GSAIM, Chung-Ang University)
Kim, Doyun (Dept. of Imaging Science and Arts, GSAIM, Chung-Ang University)
Im, Donghyuk (Dept. of Imaging Science and Arts, GSAIM, Chung-Ang University)
Hong, Hyunki (Dept. of Imaging Science and Arts, GSAIM, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.50, no.7, 2013 , pp. 167-174 More about this Journal
Abstract
Various smart phone applications have been widely developed and an intelligent service to take a picture for the visually handicapped is needed. By using an auditory service and/or other's help, the blind capture an image with their cameras for keeping a record or exchanging the information with another people. However, they are difficult to take the wanted picture because they are unable to grasp the visual contents in the viewfinder. This paper presents a novel guiding system for the blind people to take a picture with the smart phone. The proposed method identifies a person in the picture and determines the presence of eye blinks and blurring. The system provides a guiding information such as camera directions, which are transferred into the blind user with auditory service.
Keywords
Smart phone; Android programming; The blind people; Photography; Face detection/identification;
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