Diseño de un sistema portátil para la detección de obstáculos por medio de kinect, como apoyo a personas con limitaciones visuales.

Abstract

In order to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of people with visual disabilities, a portable prototype has been designed that gives them support on their autonomous movement, using as a means of vision a Kinect. This device also has a Raspberry Pi 3, this works as a brain, which executes and processes all the information captured by the Kinect. It also has a sensorial alarm system that indicates the location of objects or obstacles by means of three actuators (cell vibrators) strategically placed in three points of the body at the level of the abdomen. Through this alarm system, the disabled user will improve their sense of location, since depending on whether the object is left, right or center, the actuators will vibrate with an intensity proportional to the level of closeness of the user with respect to the element present in the environment.