Third Eye: An Intelligent Assisting Aid for Older Individuals with a Recently Acquired Visual Impairment

Description of the project

The proposed project ‘Third Eye’ is focused on the advanced research and development on an intelligent assisting aid (IAA) to support older individuals with a recently acquired visual impairment. The IAA will be developed based on a combination of sensors (Ultrasounds/Radio frequencies), camera (Image based) and adaptive algorithms embedded in common daily-life tools (e.g. white-cane/walker/glasses). The proposed ‘Third Eye’ has the potential to fundamentally revolutionize the way embedded-systems function and the services they can deliver in health and welfare.

The main goal in this project is to provide a feasible solution to older persons with a recently acquired visual impairment. The project challenges central to embedded systems and aims to show how these can be constructed and applied using a combination of sensors, camera and adaptive algorithms. Here, the vision of the Third Eye is to enable exploration of advanced research and develop a feasible assisting aid through embedded
systems to support older individuals with visual impairment in activity and participation.