hi can any body update about this or share contact info of office/ph.no/e-mail and approx prising of product
regards ishan jain On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 11:19 PM Ronald Jason Escrader <rjescra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Access Indians, > > > > *Intel Engineers have developed a voice-activated wearable system that can > track obstacles in real-time and describe a person’s surroundings.* > > *What does the visual system look like?* > > *This new visual assistance system is made up of several components that > can be worn without much more bulk than you might already be wearing > whenever you leave the house. It’s just a vest or fanny pack, a backpack > and a pair of earphones. The team says that hiding the electronics was a > key goal, so users don’t look like cyborgs walking down the street.* > > *How does it work?* > > *The vest or fanny pack are packing a series of cameras, a 4K camera that > provides colour information, and a pair of stereoscopic cameras that map > depth of field. This visual information is then fed to the brains of the > operation, stashed in the backpack.* > > *There, a computing unit like a laptop or Raspberry Pi runs an AI > interface called OpenCV’s Artificial Intelligence Kit with Depth (OAK-D), > which uses neural networks to analyze the visual data. It also contains a > portable battery that provides up to eight hours of use, and a > USB-connected GPS unit.* > > *The crunched visual data is then relayed via Bluetooth to a pair of > earphones, letting the user know what’s around them. It can warn of > obstacles of different shapes, sizes and types, and declare where they are > in relation to the user, using descriptors like front, top, bottom, left, > right and centre.* > > *What features are included in the system?* > > *The system can inform someone walking down the street that they’re > approaching a trash can on their “bottom, left” or a low-hanging branch > with “top, centre.” Tripping hazards like curbs or stairs can be spotted as > changes in elevation, and the system can even recognize key things like > Stop signs or crosswalks as they approach a corner.* > > *Users can also issue voice commands to ask for more information. Saying > “describe” will make the system respond with a list of what’s around them > and where, such as “car, 10 o’clock,” “person 12 o’clock,” and “traffic > light, 1 o’clock.”* > > *Specific places can also be saved for future reference with commands like > “save location, coffee shop.” Later, when you want to get back there, the > user can say “locate coffee shop” and the system will give directions and > say how far away it is.* > Is there an expected release date? > > *It’s still early days, but the team hopes to fast-track the system by > making the project non-commercial and open source.* > > *The system can be seen in action in the video below.* > > Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FihdBhhHiM > > Source: > https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-ai-powered-backpack-helps-visually-impaired-navigate-world/#gs.xhlhas > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/000f01d72a44%24162f2490%24428d6db0%24%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/000f01d72a44%24162f2490%24428d6db0%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGR2rYgi9jieoVx%2B%2BBctO6hiRbsKny%3DM39JfzKUQETYMhyUb0g%40mail.gmail.com.
