Smart mobility cane spots familiar faces

摘要

A smart walking cane equipped with facial recognition technology could allow blind people to identify approaching friends and family members. The XploR mobility cane, which is being developed by students at Birmingham City University using smartphone technology, is said to be capable of recognising faces up to 10m away. When the cane detects a recognisable face from the bank of stored images on its internal SD memory card, it alerts the user by vibrating.