Abstract
In this study, a total of 68 domestic and international papers were selected from 1993 to August 2020 in order to examine the research trends related to artificial intelligence for the visually impaired. The papers were compared and analyzed by the number of papers published by year, research method, research topic, keyword analysis status, research type, and implementation method. As a result of the study, the number of papers during the study period seemed to increase steadily. But in the case of domestic research, It can be seen that it has become active since 2016. As for research methods, development research accounted for 89.7% of both domestic and foreign research. Keywords was in Visually Impaired, Deep Learning, and Assistive Device order in domestic research. And it was in Visually Impaired, Deep learning, Artificial intelligence order in foreign research. There was a difference in the frequency of words. Research type were Design, development and implementation both in domestic and foreign. Implementation method were in System 13.2%, Solution 7.4%, App. 4.4% order in domestic research, and it was in System 32.4%, App. 13.2%, Device 7.4% order in foreign research. As for the applied technology of the implementation method, were in YOLO 2.7%, TTS 2.1%, Tensorflow 2.1% order in domestic research, and it was used in CNN 8.0%, TTS 5.3%, MS-COCO 4.3% order in foreign research. The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the trends of artificial intelligence-related research targeting the visually impaired, to immediately know the current status of domestic and foreign research, and to present the direction of artificial intelligence research for the visually impaired in the future.
본 연구는 시각장애인 대상의 인공지능 관련 연구 동향을 살펴보기 위해 1993년부터 2020년 8월까지 국내·외 논문 총 68편을 선정하여 연도별 논문 게재 수, 연구방법, 연구주제, 키워드 분석 현황, 연구유형, 구현방법별 비교·분석하였다. 연구결과, 연구기간 내 논문 편수는 꾸준히 증가하는 것처럼 보였으나 국내 연구의 경우에는 2016년도 이후에 활발해진 것을 알 수 있었다. 연구방법으로는 국내·외 연구 모두 개발연구가 89.7%를 차지했고, 키워드는 국내 연구에서는 Visually impaired, Deep learning, Assistive device 순이였으며 국외 연구에서는 Visually impaired, Deep learning, Artificial intelligence 순으로 단어 빈도순에서 차이를 보였다. 연구유형은 국내·외 모두 설계, 개발, 구현이 대부분을 차지했으며 구현방법으로는 국내 연구의 구현방법으로는 System 13.2%, Solution 7.4%, App. 4.4% 순이였으며 국외 연구의 구현방법으로는 System 32.4%, App.13.2%, Device 7.4%로 다소 차이를 보였다. 구현방법의 적용 기술로는 국내 연구는 YOLO 2.7%, TTS 2.1%, Tensorflow 2.1% 순이였으며 국외 연구에서는 CNN 8.0%, TTS 5.3%, MS-COCO 4.3% 순으로 사용횟수가 높았다. 본 연구는 시각장애인 대상의 인공지능 관련 연구 동향을 비교·분석하여 국내·외 연구의 현주소를 바로 알고 앞으로 시각장애인을 위한 인공지능 연구의 방향을 제시하고자 하였다.