A Wearable Walking Support System to provide safe direction for the Blind

This paper proposes and verifies a Walking Support Device for the blind person. This paper proposes and verifies a Walking Support Device for the visually impaired person. The proposed system is a glasses type wearable terminal with an ultrasonic obstacle sensor and a pare of bone conduction earphone. We confirmed the effectiveness of the system by multi-agent simulation. The proposed system is effective not only for system user, but also for collision avoidance by other pedestrians.