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Design and development of a navigation assistance system for visually impaired individuals

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A. Y. C. NeeAuthors Info & Claims

i-CREATe '09: Proceedings of the 3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1592700.1592702

Published: 22 April 2009 Publication History

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In this paper, the design of a navigation assistance system for the visually impaired is discussed, and the development of such a prototype system is presented. The motivation of this research is to develop a navigation system without the necessity of continuous user localization. Navigational information is only provided when necessary at decision-making locations. Absolute spatial information is stored for these locations, and ZigBee technology is applied for wireless data communication between the location node and the user module. Infrared, computer vision, and inertial technologies are applied in the system to transform the absolute spatial information into user-centric destination orientation data.

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Index Terms

Design and development of a navigation assistance system for visually impaired individuals
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
  2. Real-time systems
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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i-CREATe '09: Proceedings of the 3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology

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DOI:10.1145/1592700

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Wei Tech Ang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Rehabilitative Engineering & Assistive Technology Institute, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand

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