What do Blind and Low-Vision People Really Want from Assistive Smart Devices? Comparison of the Literature with a Focus Study

Gamage, Bhanuka; Do, Thanh-Toan; Price, Nicholas Seow Chiang; Lowery, Arthur; Marriott, Kim

doi:10.1145/3597638.3608955

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“…Clinical specialists can train and guide visually impaired patients on how to use the device effectively. Smart glasses such as eSight can be an alternative to costly and complicated eye procedures and treatments for visually impaired individuals, supporting them at work, in study, and day-to-day life [6] [7].…”

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Functional Analysis and statistical Mechanics for exploring the Potential of Smart Glasses: An Assessment of Visually Impaired Individuals

Shraddha Gugulothu

2024

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Using functional analysis, statistical mechanics, and deep learning (DL) methods, this study looks at how smart glasses might help people who are blind or have low vision. Smart glasses, which have advanced sensors, adaptable algorithms, and deep learning capabilities, can greatly improve the movement and independence of people who are blind or have low vision. For the most part, the study is looking at how these gadgets work, how they affect daily life, and how people interact with them by using a complex statistics approach. Using functional analysis, we break down how smart glasses work and how they're designed to be comfortable to wear, showing how flexible and easy to use they are. Statistical mechanics is a solid way to model how these gadgets will likely behave and how well they will work in different situations. Deep learning techniques are also used to improve the smart glasses' ability to recognize objects and understand their surroundings. This makes them much more accurate and quick in real time. A wide range of visually impaired people are taking part in the study, which gives a full picture of how well and how easily smart glasses work for all age groups. Real-life usage cases, feedback polls, and performance tracking are all used to collect data that lets us look at the technology's pros and cons as a whole. Preliminary results show big gains in spatial awareness, avoiding obstacles, and recognizing objects. This suggests that smart glasses with built-in DL methods can make the lives of visually blind people a lot better. Combining functional analysis, statistical mechanics, and deep learning gives us a more complete picture of the pros and cons of smart glasses, which opens the door for new developments in helpful technology in the future. This study shows how important user-centered design, advanced analysis methods, and cutting-edge DL techniques are for making solutions that help people who are blind or have low vision.

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“…The Convolution Neural Network (CNN) is used to recognize characteristics in the printed picture and its caption. To explain the recognized text from pictures, the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network is utilized as a captioning tool [7]. Uses laser pulses to create 3D maps, accurately measuring distances to objects.…”

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Functional Analysis and statistical Mechanics for exploring the Potential of Smart Glasses: An Assessment of Visually Impaired Individuals

Shraddha Gugulothu

2024

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Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment

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Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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AI-Enabled Smart Glasses for People with Severe Vision Impairments

Gamage

2024

SIGACCESS Access. Comput.

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Over the last decade, there has been significant research on how smart assistive devices with artificial intelligence (AI) built into them can assist people with severe vision impairments to comprehend their surroundings. These devices come in various forms such as smartphone applications, smart-glasses, and smart canes. Smart glasses have gained popularity lately due to recent technological advancements, as well as their natural position in front of the user's eyes. However, there has been limited research to understand how people with severe vision impairments would prefer to interact with them. The objective of this project is to investigate the use of AI-enabled smart-glasses to aid individuals with severe vision impairments. The research aims to comprehend the differences between the types of research conducted by researchers and the needs and desires of the community. The study will utilise a Design Thinking approach and involve vision-impaired users throughout the project by utilising co-design methods. The research will involve the development of smart-glass application prototypes through iterative case studies with individuals who are blind, have low-vision, and have cerebral vision impairment (CVI). The goal is to understand the users' preferred interaction model from their lived experiences. The outcome of the research will also be a software architecture that enables people with severe vision impairments to seamlessly access information about their surroundings.

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What do Blind and Low-Vision People Really Want from Assistive Smart Devices? Comparison of the Literature with a Focus Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 40 publications

Functional Analysis and statistical Mechanics for exploring the Potential of Smart Glasses: An Assessment of Visually Impaired Individuals

Functional Analysis and statistical Mechanics for exploring the Potential of Smart Glasses: An Assessment of Visually Impaired Individuals

Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment

AI-Enabled Smart Glasses for People with Severe Vision Impairments

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