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One of the main challenges in everyday life of visually impaired people is the orientation in unknown environments. Especially the avoidance of collision with obstacles when walking in public places is a major problem. In this paper a concept for a radar based navigation device for visually impaired people is investigated. The device scans the environment around the user and translates the distance...