AR4VI: Assistive Navigation for the Visually Impaired

Project Overview

AR4VI (Augmented Reality for Visually Impaired) is a Flask-based web application designed to assist visually impaired individuals with navigation and object recognition. The project utilizes computer vision techniques for object detection and face recognition to provide real-time feedback to users.

Features

1. Object Detection: Identifies and locates objects in the user's environment.
2. Face Recognition: Detects and recognizes faces, with the ability to add new faces to the system.
3. Real-time Video Streaming: Provides live video feed with object and face detection overlays.
4. User-friendly Web Interface: Easy-to-use web pages for accessing different functionalities.

Installation

1. Clone the repository;
2. Install required dependencies;
3. Ensure you have the necessary models and data files for object detection and face recognition.

Usage

1. Run the Flask application:

   python app.py
   

2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000

3. Use the web interface to access object detection and face recognition features.

File Structure

• app.py: Main Flask application file
• object_camera.py: Contains VideoCamera class for object detection
• facecam.py: Contains Facecamera class for face recognition
• templates/: HTML templates for the web interface
  • object_index.html: Main page for object detection
  • object_index2.html: Page displayed after closing object detection
  • face_index.html: Main page for face recognition
  • face_index2.html: Page displayed after closing face recognition

Future Development

• Mobile application development is pending for increased portability and accessibility.
• Further optimization for real-time performance on mobile devices.
• Integration with additional assistive technologies for comprehensive support.