Wayfinding tools for people with visual impairments in real-world settings: a literature review of recent studies

AT Parker, M Swobodzinski, JD Wright… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A review of 35 peer reviewed articles dated from 2016 to February, 2021 was conducted to
identify and describe the types of wayfinding devices that people who are blind, visually …

Digital accessibility in the era of artificial intelligence—Bibliometric analysis and systematic review

K Chemnad, A Othman - Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Digital accessibility involves designing digital systems and services to enable
access for individuals, including those with disabilities, including visual, auditory, motor, or …

Trans4Trans: Efficient transformer for transparent object segmentation to help visually impaired people navigate in the real world

J Zhang, K Yang, A Constantinescu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Common fully glazed facades and transparent objects present architectural barriers and
impede the mobility of people with low vision or blindness, for instance, a path detected …

Trans4Trans: Efficient transformer for transparent object and semantic scene segmentation in real-world navigation assistance

J Zhang, K Yang, A Constantinescu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transparent objects, such as glass walls and doors, constitute architectural obstacles
hindering the mobility of people with low vision or blindness. For instance, the open space …

Opportunities for human-AI collaboration in remote sighted assistance

S Lee, R Yu, J Xie, SM Billah, JM Carroll - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Remote sighted assistance (RSA) has emerged as a conversational assistive technology for
people with visual impairments (VI), where remote sighted agents provide realtime …

Pathfinder: Designing a map-less navigation system for blind people in unfamiliar buildings

M Kuribayashi, T Ishihara, D Sato… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Indoor navigation systems with prebuilt maps have shown great potential in navigating blind
people even in unfamiliar buildings. However, blind people cannot always benefit from them …

Recent trends in computer vision-driven scene understanding for VI/blind users: a systematic mapping

MM Valipoor, A De Antonio - Universal Access in the Information Society, 2023 - Springer
During the past years, the development of assistive technologies for visually impaired
(VI)/blind people has helped address various challenges in their lives by providing services …

Towards inclusive external communication of autonomous vehicles for pedestrians with vision impairments

M Colley, M Walch, J Gugenheimer, A Askari… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
People with vision impairments (VIP) are among the most vulnerable road users in traffic.
Autonomous vehicles are believed to reduce accidents but still demand some form of …

Guiding blind pedestrians in public spaces by understanding walking behavior of nearby pedestrians

S Kayukawa, T Ishihara, H Takagi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
We present a guiding system to help blind people walk in public spaces while making their
walking seamless with nearby pedestrians. Blind users carry a rolling suitcase-shaped …

Urban accessibility as a socio-political problem: a multi-stakeholder analysis

M Saha, D Chauhan, S Patil, R Kangas, J Heer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Traditionally, urban accessibility is defined as the ease of reaching destinations. Studies on
urban accessibility for pedestrians with mobility disabilities (eg, wheelchair users) have …