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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Ultrasonic Sound Guide System with Eyeglass Device for the Visually Impaired.

Kevin Kim, Saea Kim, Anthony Choi

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin KimDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207, USA.
Saea KimDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207, USA.
Anthony ChoiDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0714-2701
Mercer University · US

Funding

NASA NNX15AP85H
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ultrasonic sound guide system presents the audio broadcasting system based on the inaudible ultrasonic sound to assist the indoor and outdoor navigation of the visually impaired. The transmitters are placed at the point of interest to propagate the frequency modulated voice signal in ultrasonic sound range. The dual channel receiver device is carried by the visually impaired person in the form of eyeglasses to receive the ultrasonic sound for the voice signal via demodulation. Since the ultrasonic sound demonstrates the acoustic properties, the velocity, directivity, attenuation, and superposition of ultrasonic sound provide the acoustic clue to the user for localizing the multiple transmitter positions by binaural localization capability. The visually impaired hear the designated voice signal and follow the signal attributions to arrive at the specific location. Due to the low microphone gain from side addressing, the time delay between the receiver channels demonstrates the high variance and high bias in end directions. However, the perception experiment shows the further prediction accuracy in end directions as compared to the center direction outcomes. The overall evaluations show the precise directional prediction for narrow- and wide-angle situations. The ultrasonic sound guide system is a useful device to localize places in the near field without touching braille.

Indexed as

Persons with Visual DisabilitiesSound LocalizationEyeglassesHumansSoundUltrasonicsbinaural localizationdemodulationeyeglassesmodulationnear fieldpersonal navigationsound localizationthe visually impairedultrasonic sound

Identifiers

PMID35459062
PMCPMC9030799
OpenAlexW4224305315

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