Towards an Efficient Navigation Solution for Visually Impaired Individuals: Concepts and Constraints

Due to mobility constraints, visually impaired people suffer from a poor social integration. To address this challenge, the objective of this project is to develop an autonomous and safe navigation solution for visually impaired individuals, guiding them to specific destinations, particularly in unfamiliar environments both indoor and outdoor. The initial focus is on establishing a precise and reliable localization strategy, which serves as a fundamental component for building such a solution. This project aims to address this critical aspect by integrating expertise in the needs of visually impaired individuals and assistive products, localization techniques, signal processing, AI-based algorithms, electronics, and knowledge of mobile network standards.