arxivcs.CVcs.LG2026-07-23
Safety-oriented sidewalk and road segmentation for smartphone-based assistive navigation
Hakan Calim, Anamaria Dumitrescu, Adarsh Bhandary Panambur, Huzaifa Asif, Andreas Maier
Independent sidewalk mobility is essential for blind and visually impaired pedestrians (BVIPs), yet smartphone-based assistive navigation requires perception models that distinguish walkable sidewalks from adjacent unsafe regions. This study presents a safety-oriented semantic se…