Smartphone-assisted mobility in urban environments for visually impaired users through computer vision and sensor fusion

For visually impaired users one of the major challenges is unassisted orientation and way-finding, especially in unexplored and potentially dangerous environments. The following work analyzes the issues stemmed from this problem and summarizes the merits and flaws of solutions available in literature. Afterwards, the research methodology is briefly described and the already achieved results are listed. Finally, a roadmap for the future contributions is proposed.