MoNetViT: an efficient fusion of CNN and transformer technologies for visual navigation assistance with multi query attention
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Aruco markers are crucial for navigation in complex indoor environments, especially for those with visual impairments. Traditional CNNs handle image segmentation well, but transformers excel at capturing long-range dependencies, essential for machine vision tasks. Our study introduces MoNetViT (Mini-MobileNet MobileViT), a lightweight model combining CNNs and MobileViT in a dual-path encoder to optimize global and spatial image details. This design reduces complexity and boosts segmentation performance. The addition of a multi-query attention (MQA) module enhances multi-scale feature integration, allowing end-to-end learning guided by ground truth. Experiments show MoNetViT outperforms other semantic segmentation algorithms in efficiency and effectiveness, particularly in detecting Aruco markers, making it a promising tool to improve navigation aids for the visually impaired.
Source: Frontiers in Computer Science
Authors: Liliek Triyono, Rahmat Gernowo, Prayitno
Institutions: Diponegoro University, Politeknik Negeri Semarang
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,418
OpenAlex ID: W4407325504