• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.452-458
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose the method for automatically transfers images into tactile maps information based on cognition characteristics of visually impaired persons to more easily provide various image information for visually impaired persons. The proposed method automatically classify color images into row complexity and high complexity based on intensity information and transfer images into tactile map information using each different transformation process. Experimental evaluation, We performed with visually impaired five persons experiments for evaluating the recognition and satisfaction that tactile maps of the proposed automatic transforming method and the manually generated tactile maps of braille textbooks. Experimental results, the recognition and satisfaction that the tactile maps of the proposed method generated are very similar to those of the tactile maps of braille textbooks. Therefore, it could hugely be reduced the time and money of production education materials, and it could greatly improved educative results because it can add more easily that many image data of education materials.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.209-214
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 정보기술의 발달과 인터넷의 보급 등의 IT 혁명이 점자도서관에도 영향을 줌으로써 시각장애인들을 위한 정보환경의 변화를 살펴보고자 하였다. 정보기술의 발전에 따른 정보환경의 급속한 변화에 따른 점자도서관의 서비스 동향을 정보매체 중심으로 살펴보고 개선할 방향을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.559-562
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• 1999

In this paper, we developed on internet based assembly information display system for the blind. The system is consist of hardware and software. The hardware is consist of a voice synthesis device and a tactile display for character information, and the software is consist of internet web browser for the blind and braille program. The tactile-device system consists of a control unit, pin array, pin generator, serial port, and a power supply. The pin exerted by a electromagnetic method, solenoid. The internet web browser separates the character and image from internet web page, and character information in the web page is converted to braille and fed to sound system. Also the image in the web page can be printed developed tactile display. As the results of experiment, the blind could access the internet web site by using this system and understand various internet information.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.38-47
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• 2012

In order to extend the activity range of visually impaired persons, we design and implement a navigation system that supports road information services and points of interest. The proposed navigation system consists of route creation modules and storage modules for visually impaired persons. In particular, the main interface of the navigation system are implemented using TTS(Text-to-Speech) program for sound and braille module that outputs braille with sense of touch. We also use google map APIs that can provide latest map information for the navigation system.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.119-127
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• 2023

Recently, deep learning has been used in the development of various institutional devices and services to help the visually impaired people in their daily lives. This is because not only are there few products and facility guides written in braille, but less than 10% of the visually impaired can use braille. In this paper, we propose a system that recognizes beverage cans in real time and outputs the beverage can name with sound for the convenience of the visually impaired. Five commercially available beverage cans were selected, and a CNN model and a YOLO model were designed to recognize the beverage cans. After augmenting the image data, model training was performed. The accuracy of the proposed CNN model and YOLO model is 91.2% and 90.8%, respectively. For practical verification, a system was built by attaching a camera and speaker to a Raspberry Pi. In the system, the YOLO model was applied. It was confirmed that beverage cans were recognized and output as sound in real time in various environments.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.11-20
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• 2019

In this study, a novel virtual reality (VR) experience environment is proposed for enabling walking adaptation of visually impaired people. The core of proposed VR environment is based on immersive walking interactions and deep learning based braille blocks recognition. To provide a realistic walking experience from the perspective of visually impaired people, a tracker-based walking process is designed for determining the walking state by detecting marching in place, and a controller-based VR white cane is developed that serves as the walking assistance tool for visually impaired people. Additionally, a learning model is developed for conducting comprehensive decision-making by recognizing and responding to braille blocks situated on roads that are followed during the course of directions provided by the VR white cane. Based on the same, a VR application comprising an outdoor urban environment is designed for analyzing the VR walking environment experience. An experimental survey and performance analysis were also conducted for the participants. Obtained results corroborate that the proposed VR walking environment provides a presence of high-level walking experience from the perspective of visually impaired people. Furthermore, the results verify that the proposed learning algorithm and process can recognize braille blocks situated on sidewalks and roadways with high accuracy.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.205-208
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• 2006

We report the recent progress and future prospects of flexible, large-area sensors and actuator using organic thin-film transistors (TFTs). In particular, we describe printing technologies to manufacture electronic artificial skins (e-skins) for robots, sheet image scanners suitable for mobile applications, and Braille sheet display with plastic actuator arrays. We also present recent progress of reliability and stability issues.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.284-287
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• 2003

본 논문은 시각 장애인을 위해 양면 인쇄된 점자를 스캐너를 통해서 읽어 들인 후, 영상 내의 잡음과 같은 미세 정보를 제거하는 전처리과정을 거친다 스캔한 영상을 임계값을 이용한 클리핑으로 이진영상을 만든 후 영상의 특징을 추출한다. 추출된 특징은 점자의 앞면과 뒷면으로 분류할 수 있다. 점자 앞면의 특징이 아래반원으로 나타나며 이러한 특징을 이용한 검출필터를 만들어 점자의 앞면만을 추출해낸다. 영상을 각각 수직방향, 수평방향으로 투영시켜 점자영상 분할을 위한 거리를 계산, 자간격과 줄간격을 구해 ½되는 지점에 선을 그어 분할한다. 분할된 점자 형태소를 낱자로 인식한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.351-352
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• 2009

점자 체계와 CMYK 모델을 이용하여 시각 장애인과 일반인이 읽을 수 있는 책을 만들기 위한 방법론을 제시한다. CMYK 의 K 를 이용해 8 개의 점으로 구성된 셀 문자를 텍스트에 삽입하여, 텍스트 스캔 시 빠르고 정확한 문자 인식이 가능하게 한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.664-673
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• 2015

The assistive devices for disabled people are being highlighted even in industrial aspects through the policy and support for disabled people, enactment of regulation for the improvement of accessibility of disabled, technological innovation and product development. Recently, internet access with the sense of touch and hearing and utilizing electronic publishing contents and e-mailing are being convenient through the product of ICT development such as screen reader for visually impaired people, braille display, screen enlarger, text converter and others. Even so, in rapidly changing digital media smart era, the accessibility of visually impaired people is still poor and assistive devices and alternative formats are in need of improvement. Therefore, in aspect of the research and development innovation, this study proposes the implementation directions for improvement of accessibility by analyzing the current situation and structure of alternative formats and assistive devices for visually impaired people. As a result, in the future, various types of digital information are expected to be converted into a customized and realistic forms and distributed through a dedicated disability products or smart devices.