A Comprehensive Survey on Emerging Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired Persons: Lighting the Path with Visible Light Communications and Artificial Intelligence Innovations-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Comprehensive Survey on Emerging Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired Persons: Lighting the Path with Visible Light Communications and Artificial Intelligence Innovations

Published:2024-07-25 Issue:15 Volume:24 Page:4834
ISSN:1424-8220
Container-title:Sensors
language:en
Short-container-title:Sensors

Author:

Lavric Alexandru¹^ORCID,Beguni Cătălin¹²^ORCID,Zadobrischi Eduard¹²^ORCID,Căilean Alin-Mihai¹²^ORCID,Avătămăniței Sebastian-Andrei²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Computers, Electronics and Automation, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania

2. Integrated Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Advanced Materials, Nanotechnologies and Distributed Systems for Fabrication and Control, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania

3. East European Border Scientific and Technological Park, 725500 Siret, Romania

Abstract

In the context in which severe visual impairment significantly affects human life, this article emphasizes the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Visible Light Communications (VLC) in developing future assistive technologies. Toward this path, the article summarizes the features of some commercial assistance solutions, and debates the characteristics of VLC and AI, emphasizing their compatibility with blind individuals’ needs. Additionally, this work highlights the AI potential in the efficient early detection of eye diseases. This article also reviews the existing work oriented toward VLC integration in blind persons’ assistive applications, showing the existing progress and emphasizing the high potential associated with VLC use. In the end, this work provides a roadmap toward the development of an integrated AI-based VLC assistance solution for visually impaired people, pointing out the high potential and some of the steps to follow. As far as we know, this is the first comprehensive work which focuses on the integration of AI and VLC technologies in visually impaired persons’ assistance domain.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/15/4834/pdf

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