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Smart guide vest for the visually impaired

24.01.2022

The Swiss company Biped presented a "smart" vest that uses autonomous driving technology that allows visually impaired or blind people to detect obstacles in the user's path a few seconds before a collision with them.

Called Biped.ai, the wearable has a minimalist design, with built-in 3D cameras that can be paired with headphones or Bluetooth headphones to alert users to the location of obstacles around them.

The vest sits on the shoulders and, thanks to its 3D cameras, can detect and predict the trajectories of all surrounding elements a few seconds ahead, like an autonomous car. It generates XNUMXD audio feedback to alert users to the position of important elements around them.

The Biped.ai vest can recognize more than 10 types of objects, but only filters important counter objects. For example, the device will warn the user if it detects a dangerous obstacle, such as a bicycle 12 meters ahead, but will ignore a closer object that it does not consider to pose a risk of collision.

The device then filters relevant information about oncoming objects and alerts the wearer with "spatial sounds" - sounds that are superficially similar to the real-life version of the sound.

The smart vest is equipped with a removable battery that lasts more than six hours, which means that the user can use it for most of their day. It can also connect to the GPS on a smartphone and give navigational instructions to the wearer via audible cues.

Biped.ai is also designed to work at night and in dark places as the obstacle avoidance software uses high quality infrared cameras that work in all conditions.

The device will be available in Europe from September 2022. The brand produces vests in different sizes that are suitable for people over 1,5 meters tall.

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