Applying Modern Camera Technology to Guide the Visually Impaired Persons in Society: The Power of Improved Orientation and Mobility Skills for Visual Impairment

Today, visual impairment is a condition that has been handled through improvised guided technology to minimize challenges faced by people with visual hinderances in life. With modern camera technology for visually impaired persons, there is use of advanced cane camera technology for orientation and mobility skills. This study examines the skills of trained visually impaired people in cane usage. The study was conducted with two visually impaired participants and two with normal sight taken as the study subjects. Two-centimeter-wide green labels were attached to their tight-fitting outfits to mark the ventral and lateral body points in a standing orientation. The subjects were tasked to make cane maneuvers in a technique that involve touching and sliding using three different cane types. The movement of the labels were video recorded to derive data on the cane and arm angles, the lateral limb shifting from the body midline, and the position of the cane handle relative to the body midline. Analysis of the data extracted was conducted using EMG Analysis Software from Motion Lab Systems. The experiment’s results showed that the trained visually impaired participants were better than the untrained participants with normal eyesight in cane use techniques.