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AuthorKhan, Sulaiman
AuthorNazir, Shah
AuthorKhan, Habib Ullah
Available date2022-12-28T06:24:38Z
Publication Date2021-01-18
Publication NameIEEE Access
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3052415
CitationKhan, S., Nazir, S., & Khan, H. U. (2021). Analysis of navigation assistants for blind and visually impaired people: A systematic review. IEEE Access, 9, 26712-26734.
ISSN2169-3536
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85099725046&origin=inward
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/37696
AbstractOver the last few decades, the development in the field of navigation and routing devices has become a hindering task for the researchers to develop smart and intelligent guiding mechanism at indoor and outdoor locations for blind and visually impaired people (BVIPs). The existing research need to be analysed from a historical perception including early research on the first electronic travel aids to the use of modern artificial vision models for the navigation of BVIPs. Diverse approaches such as: e-cane or guide dog, infrared-based cane, laser based walker and many others are proposed for the navigation of BVIPs. But most of these techniques have limitations such as: infrared and ultrasonic based assistance has short range capacities for object detection. While laser based assistance can harm other people if it directly hit them on their eyes or any other part of the body. These trade-offs are critical to bring this technology in practice.To systematically assess, analyze, and identify the primary studies in this specialized field and provide an overview of the trends and empirical evidence in the proposed field. This systematic research work is performed by defining a set of relevant keywords, formulating four research questions, defining selection criteria for the articles, and synthesizing the empirical evidence in this area. Our pool of studies include 191 most relevant articles to the proposed field reported between 2011 and 2020 (a portion of 2020 is included). This systematic mapping will help the researchers, engineers, and practitioners to make more authentic decisions for finding gaps in the available navigation assistants and suggest a new and enhanced smart assistant application accordingly to ensure safety and accurate guidance of the BVIPs. This research work have several implications in particular the impact of reducing fatalities and major injuries of BVIPs.
SponsorQatar University [IRCC-2020-009].
Languageen
PublisherIEEE
SubjectBlind and visually impaired people
healthcare
smart devices
systematic literature review
TitleAnalysis of Navigation Assistants for Blind and Visually Impaired People: A Systematic Review
TypeArticle
Pagination26712-26734
Volume Number9
dc.accessType Open Access


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