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Main Authors: Liu, Xiaotong, Wang, Binglu, Li, Zhijun
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00332
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author Liu, Xiaotong
Wang, Binglu
Li, Zhijun
author_facet Liu, Xiaotong
Wang, Binglu
Li, Zhijun
contents Outdoor sports pose a challenge for people with impaired vision. The demand for higher-speed mobility inspired us to develop a vision-based wearable steering assistance. To ensure broad applicability, we focused on a representative sports environment, the athletics track. Our efforts centered on improving the speed and accuracy of perception, enhancing planning adaptability for the real world, and providing swift and safe assistance for people with impaired vision. In perception, we engineered a lightweight multitask network capable of simultaneously detecting track lines and obstacles. Additionally, due to the limitations of existing datasets for supporting multi-task detection in athletics tracks, we diligently collected and annotated a new dataset (MAT) containing 1000 images. In planning, we integrated the methods of sampling and spline curves, addressing the planning challenges of curves. Meanwhile, we utilized the positions of the track lines and obstacles as constraints to guide people with impaired vision safely along the current track. Our system is deployed on an embedded device, Jetson Orin NX. Through outdoor experiments, it demonstrated adaptability in different sports scenarios, assisting users in achieving free movement of 400-meter at an average speed of 1.34 m/s, meeting the level of normal people in jogging. Our MAT dataset is publicly available from https://github.com/snoopy-l/MAT
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spellingShingle Vision-based Wearable Steering Assistance for People with Impaired Vision in Jogging
Liu, Xiaotong
Wang, Binglu
Li, Zhijun
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
Outdoor sports pose a challenge for people with impaired vision. The demand for higher-speed mobility inspired us to develop a vision-based wearable steering assistance. To ensure broad applicability, we focused on a representative sports environment, the athletics track. Our efforts centered on improving the speed and accuracy of perception, enhancing planning adaptability for the real world, and providing swift and safe assistance for people with impaired vision. In perception, we engineered a lightweight multitask network capable of simultaneously detecting track lines and obstacles. Additionally, due to the limitations of existing datasets for supporting multi-task detection in athletics tracks, we diligently collected and annotated a new dataset (MAT) containing 1000 images. In planning, we integrated the methods of sampling and spline curves, addressing the planning challenges of curves. Meanwhile, we utilized the positions of the track lines and obstacles as constraints to guide people with impaired vision safely along the current track. Our system is deployed on an embedded device, Jetson Orin NX. Through outdoor experiments, it demonstrated adaptability in different sports scenarios, assisting users in achieving free movement of 400-meter at an average speed of 1.34 m/s, meeting the level of normal people in jogging. Our MAT dataset is publicly available from https://github.com/snoopy-l/MAT
title Vision-based Wearable Steering Assistance for People with Impaired Vision in Jogging
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00332