DRISHTI：视障人士视觉导航助手
DRISHTI: Visual Navigation Assistant for Visually Impaired
摘要：
在当今社会，独立生活变得越来越重要，这对那些盲人来说可能是非常严格的。盲人和视障人士面临挑战，因为他们需要人工支持来提示有关其环境的信息。在这项工作中，我们朝着开发一种价格合理且高性能的眼睛可穿戴辅助设备DRISHTI迈出了第一步，为BVI人提供视觉导航辅助。该系统包括相机模块，ESP32处理器，蓝牙模块，智能手机和扬声器。使用人工智能，该系统被提出来检测和理解用户的路径的性质以及在该路径中用户前方的障碍物，然后经由音频输出将其告知BVI用户，以使他们能够在他们的旅程中自己获取方向。本文讨论的第一步是通过在低成本嵌入式设备上测试货币检测算法的初始软件集成，建立一个概念验证，以实现可负担性和性能的正确平衡。这项工作将为我们即将开展的工作奠定基础，以实现帮助全球最大限度地实现BVI人民独立行动的目标。
英文摘要：
In today's society, where independent living is becoming increasingly important, it can be extremely constricting for those who are blind. Blind and visually impaired (BVI) people face challenges because they need manual support to prompt information about their environment. In this work, we took our first step towards developing an affordable and high-performing eye wearable assistive device, DRISHTI, to provide visual navigation assistance for BVI people. This system comprises a camera module, ESP32 processor, Bluetooth module, smartphone and speakers. Using artificial intelligence, this system is proposed to detect and understand the nature of the users' path and obstacles ahead of the user in that path and then inform BVI users about it via audio output to enable them to acquire directions by themselves on their journey. This first step discussed in this paper involves establishing a proof-of-concept of achieving the right balance of affordability and performance by testing an initial software integration of a currency detection algorithm on a low-cost embedded arrangement. This work will lay the foundation for our upcoming works toward achieving the goal of assisting the maximum of BVI people around the globe in moving independently.
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