Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Sept 7, 2017
1. Intelligent helmet developer Wang Wancen putting blinder on experimenter
2. Experimenter walking with intelligent helmet, blinder
3. Various of simulated scene showing experimenter with blinder walking under direction guidance of intelligent helmet
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Xinkai, student, City College, Kunming University of Science and Technology (partially overlaid with shot 5):
"Through laser emission and receiving, the laser radar can do a 360-degree, omni-directional scanning."
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5. Laser radar on helmet
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6. Various of camera, microphone
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Wancen, student, City College, Kunming University of Science and Technology:
"We want that by wearing the helmet, he (or she) can go out, socialize and do some daily things that he (or she) want to do as the normal people."
8. Various of simulated scene showing experimenter experiencing reading service of intelligent helmet
9. Various of simulated scene showing experimenter experiencing face recognition service of intelligent helmet

A group of college students in southwest China's Yunnan Province have developed an intelligent helmet to help the visually impaired people to detect obstacles, identify faces and read.

Five students from the City College of Kunming University of Science and Technology invented the helmet dubbed "Eye see" after more than one year's efforts.

The helmet can detect obstacles within three meters under the help of a laser radar, one of the core components of the helmet, according to the developers.

"Through laser emission and receiving, the laser radar can do a 360-degree, omni-directional scanning," said Wang Xinkai, one of the developers.

Another core component of the helmet is a camera installed in the front of the helmet, which can help the visually impaired people to identify their acquaintances by listening to the descriptions of the helmet.

The developers said the helmet can also automatically recognize Chinese characters and thus read loudly and accurately to people with visual problems.

"We want that by wearing the helmet, he (or she) can go out, socialize and do some daily things that he (or she) want to do as the normal people," said Wang Wancen, another developer.

So far, the five students have received 17 patents with the intelligent helmet. They say they will further optimize the system and hope the intelligent helmet can be mass produced to actually serve the visually impaired people.