Eye Ring : A
Finger-worn Assistant
Finger-worn interfaces are a vastly unexplored space for
interaction design. It opens a world of possibilities for solving day-to-day
problems, for visually impaired people and sighted people. In this work we
present EyeRing, a novel design and concept of a finger-worn device. We show
how the proposed system may serve for numerous applications for visually
impaired people such as recognizing currency notes and navigating, as well as
helping sighted people to tour an unknown city or intuitively translate
signage. The ring apparatus is autonomous, however it is counter parted by a
mobile phone or computation device to which it connects wirelessly, and an
earpiece for information retrieval. Finally, we will discuss how finger worn
sensors may be extended and applied to other domains.