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Enhancing Tactile Paving Segmentation via Multidimensional Perception Networks.

Ao Zhang1, Haiyan Zhang1, Yemeng Zhu1

  • 1School of Computer and Software Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.

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A new EGM-Unet model improves tactile paving segmentation for visually impaired individuals. It enhances edge and texture recognition, leading to safer urban navigation and independent travel.

Keywords:
U‐Netattention mechanismmulti‐scale feature fusiontactile paving segmentation

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Vision
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics

Background:

  • Tactile paving is crucial for safe navigation for visually impaired individuals.
  • Current segmentation models struggle with diverse conditions and color dependency, ignoring tactile pattern structure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce EGM-Unet, a novel segmentation method for robust tactile paving detection.
  • To improve generalization and accuracy in varied environmental conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Developed EGM-Unet with an edge-aware multi-scale attentional fusion block (EMAF-Block).
  • Incorporated recursive gated attention (RGA) and multidimensional cooperative aggregation attention (MCAA) modules.
  • Utilized CLIPSeg with correlative self-attention (CSA) for enhanced generalization.

Main Results:

  • EGM-Unet achieved a mean IoU of 93.73%, IoU of 89.09%, and accuracy of 98.56%.
  • Outperformed standard U-Net and other mainstream segmentation models.
  • Demonstrated robustness across different materials and lighting conditions.

Conclusions:

  • EGM-Unet offers a significant advancement in tactile paving perception.
  • Provides a foundation for high-precision perception systems for the visually impaired.
  • Enhances independent and safe travel in urban environments.