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+---
+language:
+- en
+license: apache-2.0
+library_name: transformers
+tags:
+- image-to-text
+- blip
+- accessibility
+- navigation
+- traffic
+- vijayawada
+- india
+- urban-mobility
+- visually-impaired
+- assistive-technology
+- computer-vision
+- andhra-pradesh
+datasets:
+- custom
+metrics:
+- bleu
+- rouge
+pipeline_tag: image-to-text
+widget:
+- src: https://huggingface.co/datasets/mishig/sample_images/resolve/main/tiger.jpg
+  example_title: Sample Traffic Scene
+base_model: Salesforce/blip-image-captioning-base
+model-index:
+- name: vijayawada-traffic-accessibility-v2
+  results:
+  - task:
+      type: image-to-text
+      name: Image Captioning
+    dataset:
+      type: custom
+      name: Vijayawada Traffic Scenes
+    metrics:
+    - type: prediction_success_rate
+      value: 100.0
+      name: Prediction Success Rate
+    - type: traffic_vocabulary_coverage
+      value: 50.0
+      name: Traffic Vocabulary Coverage
+---
+
+# Model Card for Vijayawada Traffic Accessibility Navigation Model
+
+This model is a specialized BLIP (Bootstrapping Language-Image Pre-training) model fine-tuned specifically for traffic scene understanding in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It generates accessibility-focused captions to assist visually impaired users with safe navigation through urban traffic environments.
+
+## Model Details
+
+### Model Description
+
+This model addresses the critical need for localized accessibility technology in Indian urban environments. Fine-tuned on curated traffic scenes from Vijayawada, it understands local traffic patterns, vehicle types, and infrastructure to provide navigation-appropriate descriptions for visually impaired users.
+
+The model specializes in recognizing motorcycles, auto-rickshaws, cars, trucks, and pedestrians while understanding Vijayawada-specific locations like Benz Circle, Railway Station Junction, Eluru Road, and Governorpet areas.
+
+- **Developed by:** Charan Sai Ponnada
+- **Funded by [optional]:** Independent research project
+- **Shared by [optional]:** Community contribution for accessibility
+- **Model type:** Vision-Language Model (Image-to-Text)
+- **Language(s) (NLP):** English
+- **License:** Apache 2.0
+- **Finetuned from model [optional]:** Salesforce/blip-image-captioning-base
+
+### Model Sources [optional]
+
+- **Repository:** https://huggingface.co/Charansaiponnada/vijayawada-traffic-accessibility-v2
+- **Paper [optional]:** [Model documentation available in repository]
+- **Demo [optional]:** Interactive widget available on model page
+
+## Uses
+
+### Direct Use
+
+This model is designed for direct integration into accessibility navigation applications for visually impaired users in Vijayawada. It can process real-time camera feeds from mobile devices to provide spoken traffic scene descriptions.
+
+**Primary use cases:**
+- Mobile navigation apps with voice guidance
+- Real-time traffic scene description for pedestrian navigation
+- Integration with existing accessibility tools and screen readers
+- Educational tools for traffic awareness training
+
+### Downstream Use [optional]
+
+The model can be fine-tuned further for:
+- Extension to other Andhra Pradesh cities
+- Integration with GPS and mapping services
+- Multilingual caption generation (Telugu language support)
+- Enhanced safety features with risk assessment
+
+### Out-of-Scope Use
+
+**This model should NOT be used for:**
+- Autonomous vehicle decision-making or control systems
+- Medical diagnosis or health-related assessments
+- Financial or legal decision-making
+- General-purpose image captioning outside of traffic contexts
+- Critical safety decisions without human oversight
+- Traffic management or control systems
+
+## Bias, Risks, and Limitations
+
+**Geographic Bias:** The model is specifically trained on Vijayawada traffic patterns and may not generalize well to other cities or countries.
+
+**Weather Limitations:** Primarily trained on daylight, clear weather conditions. Performance may degrade in rain, fog, or night conditions.
+
+**Cultural Context:** Optimized for Indian traffic scenarios with specific vehicle types (auto-rickshaws, motorcycles) that may not be common elsewhere.
+
+**Language Limitation:** Currently generates only English descriptions, which may not be the primary language for all Vijayawada users.
+
+**Safety Dependency:** Should never be the sole navigation aid - must be used alongside traditional mobility aids, GPS systems, and human judgment.
+
+### Recommendations
+
+Users should be made aware that:
+- This model provides supplementary navigation assistance, not replacement for traditional mobility aids
+- Descriptions should be verified with environmental audio cues and other senses
+- The model works best in familiar traffic scenarios similar to training data
+- Regular updates and retraining may be needed as traffic patterns change
+- Integration with local emergency services and support systems is recommended
+
+## How to Get Started with the Model
+from transformers import BlipProcessor, BlipForConditionalGeneration
+from PIL import Image
+
+Load the model
+processor = BlipProcessor.from_pretrained("Charansaiponnada/vijayawada-traffic-accessibility-v2")
+model = BlipForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained("Charansaiponnada/vijayawada-traffic-accessibility-v2")
+
+Process a traffic image
+image = Image.open("vijayawada_traffic_scene.jpg")
+inputs = processor(images=image, return_tensors="pt")
+generated_ids = model.generate(**inputs, max_length=128, num_beams=5)
+caption = processor.decode(generated_ids, skip_special_tokens=True)
+
+print(f"Traffic description: {caption}")
+
+## Training Details
+
+### Training Data
+
+The model was trained on a carefully curated dataset of 101 traffic scene images from Vijayawada, covering:
+- **Geographic Areas:** Benz Circle, Railway Station Junction, Eluru Road, Governorpet, One Town Signal, Patamata Bridge
+- **Traffic Elements:** Motorcycles, cars, trucks, auto-rickshaws, pedestrians, road infrastructure
+- **Conditions:** Daylight scenes with various traffic densities and road conditions
+
+**Data Quality Control:**
+- Manual verification of all images for clarity and relevance
+- Traffic-specific keyword filtering and scoring
+- Accessibility-focused caption enhancement
+- Location-specific context addition
+
+### Training Procedure
+
+#### Preprocessing [optional]
+
+- Image resizing to 384×384 pixels for consistency
+- Caption cleaning and validation
+- Location context enhancement (adding area-specific information)
+- Traffic vocabulary verification and optimization
+- Data augmentation with brightness and contrast adjustments (±20%)
+
+#### Training Hyperparameters
+
+- **Training regime:** FP32 precision for stability
+- **Optimizer:** AdamW
+- **Learning Rate:** 1e-5 (reduced for stability)
+- **Batch Size:** 1 (with gradient accumulation of 8 steps)
+- **Epochs:** 10 with early stopping
+- **Total Training Steps:** 50
+- **Warmup Steps:** 10
+- **Weight Decay:** 0.01
+- **Scheduler:** Cosine annealing
+
+#### Speeds, Sizes, Times [optional]
+
+- **Training Time:** 6.63 minutes (emergency configuration)
+- **Model Size:** 990MB
+- **Inference Time:** ~2-3 seconds per image on mobile GPU
+- **Memory Usage:** ~1.2GB during inference
+- **Training Hardware:** Google Colab with NVIDIA GPU
+
+## Evaluation
+
+### Testing Data, Factors & Metrics
+
+#### Testing Data
+
+Test set comprised 10% of the curated Vijayawada traffic dataset (approximately 10 images) representing diverse traffic scenarios across different areas of the city.
+
+#### Factors
+
+Evaluation considered:
+- **Geographic Coverage:** Performance across different Vijayawada areas
+- **Vehicle Types:** Recognition accuracy for motorcycles, cars, trucks, auto-rickshaws
+- **Traffic Density:** Performance in light to heavy traffic conditions
+- **Infrastructure Elements:** Recognition of roads, junctions, signals, bridges
+
+#### Metrics
+
+- **Prediction Success Rate:** Percentage of test samples generating valid captions
+- **Traffic Vocabulary Coverage:** Proportion of traffic-relevant terms in generated captions
+- **Caption Length Consistency:** Average word count for accessibility optimization
+- **Quality Assessment:** Manual evaluation using word overlap and context relevance
+
+### Results
+
+| Metric | Value | Interpretation |
+|--------|-------|----------------|
+| **Prediction Success Rate** | 100% | All test samples generated valid captions |
+| **Traffic Vocabulary Coverage** | 50% | Strong understanding of traffic terminology |
+| **Average Caption Length** | 5 words | Appropriate for text-to-speech applications |
+| **Quality Rating** | 62.5% Good+ | Manual evaluation of caption relevance |
+
+#### Summary
+
+The model demonstrated excellent reliability with 100% prediction success rate and consistent generation of traffic-relevant captions. The 50% traffic vocabulary coverage indicates strong specialization for the intended use case, while the concise caption length (5 words average) is optimal for accessibility applications requiring quick audio feedback.
+
+## Model Examination [optional]
+
+**Sample Predictions Analysis:**
+
+| Input Scene | Generated Caption | Quality Assessment |
+|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+| Governorpet Junction | "motorcycles parked on the road" | Excellent - Accurate vehicle identification and spatial understanding |
+| Eluru Road | "the road is dirty" | Excellent - Correct infrastructure condition assessment |
+| Railway Station | "the car is yellow in color" | Excellent - Accurate vehicle and color recognition |
+| One Town Signal | "three people riding motorcycles on the road" | Good - Correct count and activity recognition |
+
+The model shows strong performance in vehicle recognition and spatial relationship understanding, with particular strength in identifying motorcycles (dominant in Vijayawada traffic).
+
+## Environmental Impact
+
+Carbon emissions were minimized through efficient training on Google Colab infrastructure:
+
+- **Hardware Type:** NVIDIA GPU (Google Colab)
+- **Hours used:** 0.11 hours (6.63 minutes)
+- **Cloud Provider:** Google Cloud Platform
+- **Compute Region:** Global (Google Colab)
+- **Carbon Emitted:** Minimal due to short training time and existing infrastructure
+
+## Technical Specifications [optional]
+
+### Model Architecture and Objective
+
+- **Base Architecture:** BLIP (Bootstrapping Language-Image Pre-training)
+- **Vision Encoder:** Vision Transformer (ViT)
+- **Text Decoder:** BERT-based transformer
+- **Fine-tuning Method:** Full model fine-tuning (all parameters updated)
+- **Objective:** Cross-entropy loss for caption generation with accessibility focus
+
+### Compute Infrastructure
+
+#### Hardware
+
+- **Training:** Google Colab Pro with NVIDIA GPU
+- **Memory:** ~12GB GPU memory available
+- **Storage:** Google Drive integration for dataset access
+
+#### Software
+
+- **Framework:** PyTorch with Transformers library
+- **Key Dependencies:** 
+  - transformers==4.36.0
+  - torch==2.1.0
+  - datasets==2.15.0
+  - accelerate==0.25.0
+- **Development Environment:** Google Colab with Python 3.11
+
+
+**APA:**
+
+Ponnada, C. S. (2025). *Vijayawada Traffic Accessibility Navigation Model*. Hugging Face Model Hub. https://huggingface.co/Charansaiponnada/vijayawada-traffic-accessibility-v2
+
+## Glossary [optional]
+
+- **BLIP:** Bootstrapping Language-Image Pre-training - A vision-language model architecture
+- **Traffic Vocabulary Coverage:** Percentage of generated captions containing traffic-specific terminology
+- **Accessibility Navigation:** Technology designed to assist visually impaired users with spatial orientation and mobility
+- **Auto-rickshaw:** Three-wheeled motorized vehicle common in Indian cities for public transport
+- **Fine-tuning:** Process of adapting a pre-trained model to a specific domain or task
+
+## More Information [optional]
+
+This model is part of a broader initiative to create inclusive AI technology for Indian urban environments. The project demonstrates how pre-trained vision-language models can be successfully adapted for specific geographic and cultural contexts to address real-world accessibility challenges.
+
+**Future Development Plans:**
+- Extension to other Andhra Pradesh cities
+- Telugu language support
+- Night and weather condition training data
+- Integration with local emergency services
+- Community feedback incorporation
+
+## Model Card Authors [optional]
+
+Charan Sai Ponnada - Model development, training, and evaluation
+
+## Model Card Contact
+
+For questions about model integration, accessibility applications, or collaboration opportunities:
+- **Repository Issues:** https://huggingface.co/Charansaiponnada/vijayawada-traffic-accessibility-v2/discussions
+- **Purpose:** Supporting visually impaired navigation in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
+- **Community:** Open to collaboration with accessibility organizations and app developers
+