TY - JOUR
T1 - Assistive systems for visually impaired persons
T2 - challenges and opportunities for navigation assistance
AU - Okolo, Gabriel Iluebe
AU - Althobaiti, Turke
AU - Ramzan, Naeem
PY - 2024/6/1
Y1 - 2024/6/1
N2 - The inability to see makes moving around very difficult for visually impaired persons. Due to their limited movement, they also struggle to protect themselves against moving and non-moving objects. Given the substantial rise in the population of those with vision impairments in recent years, there has been an increasing amount of research devoted to the development of assistive technologies. This review paper highlights the state-of-the-art assistive technology, tools, and systems for improving the daily lives of visually impaired people. Multi-modal mobility assistance solutions are also evaluated for both indoor and outdoor environments. Lastly, an analysis of several approaches is also provided, along with recommendations for the future.
AB - The inability to see makes moving around very difficult for visually impaired persons. Due to their limited movement, they also struggle to protect themselves against moving and non-moving objects. Given the substantial rise in the population of those with vision impairments in recent years, there has been an increasing amount of research devoted to the development of assistive technologies. This review paper highlights the state-of-the-art assistive technology, tools, and systems for improving the daily lives of visually impaired people. Multi-modal mobility assistance solutions are also evaluated for both indoor and outdoor environments. Lastly, an analysis of several approaches is also provided, along with recommendations for the future.
KW - visually impaired person
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - Internet of Things (IoT)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85195860781&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/s24113572
DO - 10.3390/s24113572
M3 - Article
SN - 1424-8220
VL - 24
JO - Sensors
JF - Sensors
IS - 11
M1 - 3572
ER -