Naslov
Design of the System for Remote Sighted Guidance of Visually Impaired Pedestrians

Autori
Garaj, Vanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, doktorska disertacija

Fakultet
Department of Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University

Mjesto
London, UK

Datum
23.05

Godina
2006

Stranica
247

Mentor
Balachandran, Wamadeva

Ključne riječi
Visually Impaired Pedestrians, Navigation, Mobility, Sighted Guidance, Remote Vision, Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
(Visually Impaired Pedestrians, Navigation, Mobility, Sighted Guidance, Remote Vision, GPS, GIS)

Sažetak
A novel navigation system to aid the mobility of visually impaired people was designed and its prototype developed and evaluated. The system integrates a wireless remote vision facility with a positioning and tracking unit based on the GPS and an application of the GIS into a technological platform enabling the remote guidance of visually impaired pedestrians by a sighted human guide. The remote vision facility permits the remote sighted guide to navigate the visually impaired user of the system in the immediate travel environment (micro-navigation), while the integrated GPS and GIS unit facilitates the navigation through the environment on a large scale (macro-navigation). The implementation of the system and the consequent availability of the remote sighted guidance service hold the potential to provide mobility assistance at a comprehensive level comparable to actual sighted guidance. A considerable advantage of remote sighted guidance is that it can offer relative independence of mobility.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo, Dizajn

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