Research Article

Vision-Based System for Assisting Blind People to Wander Unknown Environments in a Safe Way

Table 2

Parameters of performance and for configuring the system.

ParameterDescriptionValue

, Camera resolution and frames per second, 15 fps
Range of measurement in depth[0.40 m; 3.00 m]
Horizontal field of view of measurements80°
Threshold in -component of unit normal vector0.80
Threshold in -component of points (c. chest)0.80 m
Threshold in -component of points (c. head)1.00 m
, Maximum iterations and threshold for RANSAC104 iter., 0.06 m
, Size of the grid in and direction20 m, 20 m
Size of one squared cell0.05 m
Radio of the semicircle for detecting obstacles0.80 m
Minimum height for detecting an obstacle0.20 m
Maximum height of a hanging obstacle (c. chest)0.75 m
Maximum height of a hanging obstacle (c. head)1.50 m