Journal of Electronics, Electromedical Engineering, and Medical Informatics
Vol 5 No 2 (2023): April

Design of Low Vision Electronic Glasses with Image Processing Capabilities Using Raspberry Pi

Setiawan, Rachmad (Unknown)
Rayhan Akmal Fadlurahman (Unknown)
Nada Fitrieyatul Hikmah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Apr 2023

Abstract

Poor vision is one of the most common eye health issues worldwide. Low vision patients are typically treated with optical devices or by substituting hearing or touch for visual capabilities. Head-mounted displays are currently the most promising form of low-vision assistive technology since they utilize the user's remaining natural visual capabilities. In this work, a prototype head-mounted display-based low-vision tool in the form of electronic glasses was designed utilizing a Raspberry Pi computer. The prototype was created using a Raspberry Pi 4 B coupled with cameras to allow real-time video acquisition. The LCD on the electronic eyewear frame as the camera showed the video recording. The prototype also included software utilizing five image processing modes—magnification, brightness enhancement, adaptive contrast enhancement, edge enhancement, and text detection and recognition- to help persons with limited vision acquire visual information more effectively. OpenCV was used with Python to create the software system. Average framerate measurements of 30–40 FPS for brightness and contrast improvement modes, 20 FPS for zooming and edge enhancement modes, and 1.3 FPS for text identification modes showed that the concept of electronic spectacles was successfully implemented in this research.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jeeemi

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering Engineering

Description

The Journal of Electronics, Electromedical Engineering, and Medical Informatics (JEEEMI) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal. The journal invites scientists and engineers throughout the world to exchange and disseminate theoretical and practice-oriented topics which covers three (3) majors areas ...