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07/2024
#Accessible Travel
#Visual-Impairment Assistive Technology
#Real-Time Environmental Perception
ASGO is an intelligent navigation assistant with artificial intelligence (AI) at its core, designed specifically for the visually impaired to help them better explore and experience the world. By combining AI technology, social collaboration and innovative user interface design, ASGO not only provides accurate real-time navigation, but also creates an accessible public travel ecosystem through the joint efforts of users and volunteers. ASGO's goal is to break through existing limitations and solve the needs that traditional navigation tools cannot meet, so that visually impaired people can travel more independently and freely
Concept
ASGO project is based on a simple but powerful concept: “Technology accessibility, sharing without barriers.”
By using AI technology, we not only provide visually impaired users with a personalized travel experience, but also actively involve able-bodied users through a volunteer model to create a more inclusive society. ASGO's application breaks through the bottleneck of existing technology and no longer relies solely on simple voice assistance or manual navigation. It can intelligently identify information such as obstacles in the surrounding environment, building entrances, and barrier-free facilities, and provide real-time feedback to users. By introducing wearable devices (such as smart glasses and bone conduction headphones), ASGO provides 360-degree environmental awareness and a seamless travel experience, helping visually impaired users to safely and conveniently navigate urban spaces.
The project is also innovative in its volunteer mechanism. Any able-bodied user can use the ASGO app to mark road obstacles and help update the accessibility map. This function not only facilitates the lives of visually impaired people, but also promotes the process of universal participation in accessibility construction, so that every user becomes part of improving the travel environment.
The ASGO project has three main goals:
- Enhance the independence and freedom of visually impaired users: Traditional assistive tools such as guide dogs and white canes are reliable, but their functions are single-purpose and have obvious limitations. ASGO strives to provide visually impaired people with a more free way of travel by combining artificial intelligence and real-time environmental perception, so that they can also cope with complex environments with ease.
- Create a user-centric accessibility ecosystem: We are committed to designing a product that is not limited to use by the visually impaired. Able-bodied users can also participate in the construction of accessible travel through ASGO's volunteer model. This ecosystem can be continuously expanded to improve the accessibility infrastructure of the entire society through community cooperation and sharing of barrier information.
- Exploring innovative applications of AI in accessibility technology: The combination of AI visual recognition, intelligent navigation, voice interaction and big data analysis provides powerful functional support for ASGO. Through the ASGO project, we hope to further explore the potential of AI technology in the field of accessibility and promote its implementation and popularization in practical applications.
ASGO has a wide range of applications:
- Volunteer mode: Sighted users can also help the visually impaired with ASGO. During their daily commute, volunteers can use the app to mark obstacles on the road and share them with community users. This not only helps the visually impaired avoid danger, but also makes the maintenance of urban public facilities more efficient.
- Smart City Collaboration (Conceptual): ASGO can be integrated with smart city infrastructure to leverage existing camera and sensor networks to provide visually impaired users with a wider range of environmental data, improving the safety and convenience of travel. In the future, ASGO is expected to become an important part of the city's barrier-free service system, helping governments and public sectors to better optimize urban planning.
- Wearable device support (Conceptual): To enhance the user's travel experience, ASGO supports the integration of wearable devices such as smart glasses and bone-conduction headphones. These devices can better help users perceive their environment and provide navigation information through voice or tactile feedback, reducing dependence on mobile phones.