Problem Statements

Navigational Challenges

Visually impaired and blind individuals face difficulties navigating unfamiliar environments, avoiding obstacles, and understanding their surroundings.

Difficulty in Object Identification

Identifying common objects, currency, and people’s faces can be challenging, impacting independence and daily functionality.

Need for Real-Time Assistance

Immediate support and guidance are crucial for navigating various aspects of daily life, including safety and emergency situations.

Information Access

Reading text from various sources (e.g., documents, signs) and answering queries require accessible solutions that can cater to real-time needs.

Key takeaways

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Our Solution: SEVA

Purview SEVA on Vuzix Smart Glasses is an advanced AI application designed to support visually impaired and blind individuals by providing real-time guidance and assistance. Powered by Purview and integrated with AIRA, SEVA transforms everyday interactions and enhances independence through a suite of intelligent features.

Scene Recognition

SEVA uses advanced image recognition to describe surroundings, capturing and analyzing the environment for real-time audio descriptions.

Object Detection

Identifies and provides details about objects in the vicinity, including distance and direction.

Face Recognition

Records and describes faces, including emotional expressions, to help users recognize and understand those around them.

Navigation

Facilitates safe navigation by guiding users along a path and alerting them to obstacles.

AIRA Integration

SEVA also integrates with AIRA, providing a real-time audio companion that offers immediate auditory feedback and guidance, ensuring users receive accurate and timely information about their environment.

Vuzix Smart Glasses

Vuzix Smart Glasses deliver a hands-free experience with integrated display and audio capabilities, allowing for seamless interaction with the AI application.

How SEVA Helps

Explore

  • Scene Recognition: AIRA captures and describes the visual scene in front, providing contextual understanding of surroundings.
  • Object Detection: Identifies objects, their distance, and direction, enhancing the user’s awareness of their environment.
  • Face Recognition: Records and describes faces, including emotional expressions, to aid in social interactions and recognition.
  • Navigate: Guides users with directional instructions, helping them avoid obstacles and reach their destinations safely.

Experience

  • Count-for-Me: Describes and aggregates international currency notes and coins, enabling users to manage money independently.
  • Read-for-Me: Captures and reads text from various sources, summarizing important information for the user.
  • Talk-to-Me: Connects with ChatGPT to answer questions and provide information, fulfilling curiosity and aiding in decision-making.

Empower

  • Call-my-Guide: Activates a remote agent for 24/7 support, providing live video assistance and guidance as needed.
  • Fall Detection: Automatically detects falls and sends alerts to close contacts for immediate support, enhancing safety.
  • Find-my-Device: Helps locate misplaced glasses by triggering a sound alert via a phone app.
  • SOS: Sends emergency alerts to contacts and authorities, ensuring prompt assistance in critical situations.

Key Features

  • Real-Time Scene Recognition
  • Advanced Object and Face Detection
  • Seamless Navigation Assistance
  • Currency and Text Reading
  • Interactive Query Resolution with ChatGPT
  • 24/7 Remote Support Activation
  • Automated Fall Detection and Alerts
  • Device Locator and SOS Functionality

Advantages of SEVA (Value Offered)

1. Enhanced Independence

SEVA empowers visually impaired and blind individuals to navigate environments, identify objects, and manage daily tasks more independently.

2. Real-Time Assistance

SEVA provides immediate support and guidance, improving safety and convenience through advanced AI and wearable technology.

3. Comprehensive Accessibility

SEVA offers multiple features, including text reading, object detection, and emergency alerts, addressing various needs in one integrated solution.

4. Seamless Integration

SEVA combines AI capabilities with Vuzix Smart Glasses for a user-friendly, hands-free experience that enhances everyday living.

5. Safety and Support

SEVA ensures continuous support through remote assistance, fall detection, and emergency alerts, contributing to a safer and more secure lifestyle.

Conclusion

SEVA: Speech Enabled Visual Assistant, powered by Purview and delivered through Vuzix Smart Glasses, represents a significant advancement in technology for the visually impaired and blind community. By integrating real-time scene recognition, object detection, and comprehensive support features, SEVA enhances daily living, empowers independence, and ensures safety.

Embrace SEVA to transform how you navigate the world and experience a new level of accessibility and support.