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1、A Mobile-Cloud Pedestrian Crossing Guide for the Blind,Bharat Bhargava, Pelin Angin, Lian Duan Department of Computer Science Purdue University, USA bb, pangin, duan7cs.purdue.edu09/04/2011,Problem Statement,Crossing at urban intersections is a difficult and possibly dangerous task for the blind Inf

2、rastructure modification (such as Accessible Pedestrian Signals) not possible universally Most solutions use image processing: Inherent difficulty: Fast image processing required for locating clues to help decide whether to cross or wait demanding in terms of computational resources Mobile devices w

3、ith limited resources fall short alone,What needs to be done?,Provide fully context-aware and safe outdoor navigation to the blind user: Provide a solution that does not require any infrastructure modifications Provide a near-universal solution (working no matter what city or country the user is in)

4、 Provide a real-time solution Provide a lightweight solution Provide the appropriate interface for the blind user Provide a highly available solution,Attempts to Solve the Traffic Lights Detection Problem,Kim et al: Digital camera + portable PC analyzing video frames captured by the camera 1 Charett

5、e et al: 2.9 GHz desktop computer to process video frames in real time2 Ess et al: Detect generic moving objects with 400 ms video processing time on dual core 2.66 GHz computer3,Sacrifice portability for real-time, accurate detection,Proposed Solution,Android mobile device: Running outdoor navigati

6、on algorithm with integrated support for crossing guidance,Amazon EC2 instance running crossing guidance algorithm,Cross/wait,Auto-capture image at intersection as determined by the GPS signal & Google MapsCorrectly position user at intersection to capture the best possible picture,System Components

7、,Android application: Extension to the Walky Talky navigation application to integrate automatic photo capture at intersections Compass: Use of the compass on Android device to ensure correct positioning of the user Camera: Initially the camera on the device to capture pictures at crossings camera m

8、odule on eye glasses communicating with the device via Bluetooth as future work Crossing guidance algorithm: Multi-cue image processing algorithm in Java running on Amazon EC2,Multi-cue Signal Detection Algorithm: A Conservative Approach,Ref: http:/news.bbc.co.uk,Adaboost Object Detector,Adaboost: A

9、daptive Machine Learning algorithm used commonly in real-time object recognition Based on rounds of calls to weak classifiers to focus more on incorrectly classified samples at each stage Traffic lights detector: trained on 219 images of traffic lights (Google Images) OpenCV library implementation,E

10、xperiments: Detector Output,Experiments: Response time,Work In Progress,Develop fully context-aware navigation system with speech/tactile interface Develop robust object/obstacle recognition algorithms Investigate mobile-cloud privacy and security issues (minimal data disclosure principle) 4 Investi

11、gate options for mounting of the camera,References,Y.K. Kim, K.W. Kim, and X.Yang, “Real Time Traffic Light Recognition System for Color Vision Deficiencies,” IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 07). R. Charette, and F. Nashashibi, “Real Time Visual Traffic Lights Reco

12、gnition Based on Spot Light Detection and Adaptive Traffic Lights Templates,” World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS 09). A.Ess, B. Leibe, K. Schindler, and L. van Gool, “Moving Obstacle Detection in Highly Dynamic Scenes,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 09). P. Angin, B. Bhargava, R. Ranchal, N. Singh, L. Lilien, L. B. Othmane, M. Linderman,“A User-centric Approach for Privacy and Identity Management in Cloud Computing,” SRDS 2010.,Thank you!,