Abstract:Getting around independently on a daily basis is a challenge for blind people. Indeed, when walking outdoors, blind people must avoid many obstacles to reach their destination safely. The difficulty comes from the great variety of the configuration of the environment, with obstacles that can be static or dynamic, and varying levels of danger. Even if the blind person is already familiar with the environment in which they move, the inherent dynamics of the many objects and actors in the environment are still st… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.