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Cong Dai1, Manman Lu, Ying Zhao

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, China.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Two new methods improve Chinese character recognition for visual prostheses by correcting phosphene array irregularity. These techniques enhance accuracy, especially when visual signal distortion is high.

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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision

Background:

  • Phosphene array irregularity in visual prostheses negatively impacts Chinese character recognition accuracy.
  • Developing effective correction methods is crucial for improving visual prosthesis functionality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and evaluate two novel correction methods for phosphene array irregularity.
  • To enhance Chinese character recognition accuracy in simulated visual prostheses.

Main Methods:

  • Weighted nearest neighbor search to generate the closest phosphene to a target point.
  • Phosphene generation within a dilated character region to account for irregularity.
  • Chinese character recognition tests with normally sighted subjects under varying degrees of array irregularity.

Main Results:

  • Recognition accuracy decreased significantly with increasing array irregularity.
  • Both correction methods considerably improved accuracy as irregularity increased.
  • The weighted nearest neighbor method yielded higher recognition accuracy compared to the dilated region method.

Conclusions:

  • Correction methods are effective in mitigating the negative effects of phosphene array irregularity.
  • The weighted nearest neighbor approach offers superior performance for visual prosthesis applications.
  • The dilated region method is suitable for cases with severe phosphene map irregularity.