中華民國內政部建築研究所中華民國內政部建築研究所

眼睛是人的靈魂之窗，一旦看不見生活上即會產生相當大的不方便，誰也不願意發生在自己身上，但意外總是伴隨生活，生活總是充滿意外，遇到了還是要有所因應，一般而言，視力一旦低下到某種程度，我們統稱為視障者，發生的原因有很多種，如受傷、疾病…等，以時間來區分，有先天也有後天，以年齡來區分，其分布相當廣泛，從新生兒至高齡者皆有，依視力可視程度區分，可分為全盲及低視能；但其實從以前到現在，導盲輔具變化都不大，皆仍以導盲杖為主，但隨著科技進步，AI技術也越趨成熟，因此市面上出現很多種使用AI科技的導盲輔具，欲藉此改善視障者的尋路模式，使其在行進間更可增加安全感、便利性及環境辨識度。
而低視能產生之原因有很多，包含因年紀漸長視力功能退化、疾病或意外造成視力損傷…等，最後造成的結果皆是視力弱化到需要輔助才可得知目前所處位置，不過較全盲較有可能利用輔具清楚辨識周遭環境；由於時間及人力規劃的限制，因此本研究係針對視障者中的低視能者進行探討，嘗試瞭解低視能者可應用何種AI科技導盲輔具進行尋路定位，並進行相關歸納及製成表格，以提供有興趣的低視能者或其家屬初步參考運用。

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Vision lose might cause considerable inconvenience in life. However, life is full of all kind of accidents; when it happened, it is necessary to find response solutions. General speaking, visual impairment is a term to describe any kind of vision loss, whether it's someone who cannot see at all or someone who has partial vision loss. It could be caused by injury or illness, etc. What causes visual impairment? Some have congenital blindness, others may suffer from vision loss caused by different conditions after birth. They are in all ages. Currently, majority of people with sight problem use a cane to guide themselves. Due to the improvement of artificial intelligence technology, there are more high-tech tools available for blind and visually impaired. The technology stimulates the patterns of blind and visually impaired, and increases their safety, convenience, and readability.
The research focuses on the accessibility of blind visually impaired people. It is to study how them can improve their mobility by using AI technology and to make the outdoor walking path detectable and safe. As a reference, all data will be collected and entered in excels for people who are interested in.