AIris: An AI-powered Wearable Assistive Device for the Visually Impaired

Dionysia Danai Brilli, Evangelos Georgaras, Stefania Tsilivaki, Nikos Melanitis, Konstantina Nikita
5/13/2024
cs.HCcs.CV

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Abstract

Assistive technologies for the visually impaired have evolved to facilitate interaction with a complex and dynamic world. In this paper, we introduce AIris, an AI-powered wearable device that provides environmental awareness and interaction capabilities to visually impaired users. AIris combines a sophisticated camera mounted on eyewear with a natural language processing interface, enabling users to receive real-time auditory descriptions of their surroundings. We have created a functional prototype system that operates effectively in real-world conditions. AIris demonstrates the ability to accurately identify objects and interpret scenes, providing users with a sense of spatial awareness previously unattainable with traditional assistive devices. The system is designed to be cost-effective and user-friendly, supporting general and specialized tasks: face recognition, scene description, text reading, object recognition, money counting, note-taking, and barcode scanning. AIris marks a transformative step, bringing AI enhancements to assistive technology, enabling rich interactions with a human-like feel.

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AI-powered wearable device providing real-time scene descriptions for the visually impaired.

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Cite this paper

@article{brilli2024airis,
  title  = {AIris: An AI-powered Wearable Assistive Device for the Visually Impaired},
  author = {Dionysia Danai Brilli and Evangelos Georgaras and Stefania Tsilivaki and Nikos Melanitis and Konstantina Nikita},
  year   = {2024},
  eprint = {2405.07606},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url    = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07606v2}
}

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