The Making of Object Recognition Eyeglasses for the Visually Impaired using Image AI

Abstract

People with visual impairment may face struggles in their daily activities, as these may affect them socially, physically, and psychologically. This study aims to address this problem by utilizing quantitative experimental research to come up with Object Recognition Eyeglasses out of ImageAI. This device aims to assist the visually impaired person by recognizing the object in front of them and giving an audio output of the name of the object. Throughout the testing process, the Object Recognition Eyeglasses showed accuracy in recognizing different objects and their different varieties. It also showed its capability to recognize objects from far distances, with a maximum distance of 45 meters, and its efficiency in delivering a timely recognition and audio output with an average time interval of 1.61 and 0.63 seconds respectively. Based on these results, the Object Recognition Eyeglasses stands as an accurate, efficient, and capable assistive device that can help visually impaired people in their day-to-day lives. However, this device still needs improvement in terms of convenience by using a phone instead and modifying it to not require any internet connection.