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In this work we report applications developed for Android smartphones that were designed for the blind and visually impaired users. The main application is capable of matching photographed objects to a database of objects, e.g. food or medicine containers. The two other applications are aimed at detecting major colours and direction location of the maximum brightness regions in the captured scenes. The conducted tests that were run on the modern smartphones indicate that the database objects can be recognized with an accuracy reaching 89% with an average recognition time of approx. 30 sec. We conclude the paper with a short summary of the tests of the software dedicated to blind and partially sighted users.
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Matusiak, K., Skulimowski, P., Strumiłło, P. (2014). A Mobile Phone Application for Recognizing Objects as a Personal Aid for the Visually Impaired Users. In: Hippe, Z., Kulikowski, J., Mroczek, T., Wtorek, J. (eds) Human-Computer Systems Interaction: Backgrounds and Applications 3. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 300. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08491-6_17
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