An improved method for blind navigation based on image-to-sound conversion

Jiaqi Miao; Botao Wang; Zihao Liu; Chaoying Yu

doi:10.1117/12.3009107

16 October 2023 An improved method for blind navigation based on image-to-sound conversion

Jiaqi Miao, Botao Wang, Zihao Liu, Chaoying Yu

Proceedings Volume 12803, Fifth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS 2023); 128031P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009107
Event: 2023 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS 2023), 2023, Wuhan, China

Abstract

For a long time, blind or visually impaired people have relied on traditional aids such as canes or guide dogs to assist them in walking, but these aids have significant limitations. In order to help visually impaired individuals walk independently, this article improves the method of mapping images to sound in the literature, making it more applicable to blind navigation. By limiting the range and size of captured images, as well as improving the mapping relationship between captured images and transformed sound, the accuracy of the method has been improved from 84.2% to 88.8%, an increase of nearly 5% compared to the method in the literature, which can better assist in guiding the blind.

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Jiaqi Miao, Botao Wang, Zihao Liu, and Chaoying Yu "An improved method for blind navigation based on image-to-sound conversion", Proc. SPIE 12803, Fifth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS 2023), 128031P (16 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009107

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