Title :
Wearable Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Blind People
Author :
Kaiser, E.B. ; Lawo, M.
Author_Institution :
Center for Comput. & Commun. Technol. (TZI), Univ. Bremen, Bremen, Germany
fDate :
May 30 2012-June 1 2012
Abstract :
A wearable navigation system for visually impaired and blind people in unknown indoor and outdoor environments is presented. This system will map and track the position of the pedestrian during the exploration of the unknown environment. In order to build this system the well known Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) from mobile robotics will be implemented. Once a map is created the user can be guided efficiently by a route selecting method. The user will be equipped with a short range laser, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a wearable computer for data processing and an audio bone headphones. This system does not intent to replace the use of the white cane. However, the purpose is to gather contextual information to aid the user in navigating with the white cane.
Keywords :
SLAM (robots); handicapped aids; headphones; laser ranging; pedestrians; wearable computers; IMU; SLAM; audio bone headphones; blind people; data processing; inertial measurement unit; mobile robotics; pedestrian position tracking; route selecting method; short range laser; simultaneous localization and mapping; visually impaired people; wearable computer; wearable navigation system; white cane; Buildings; Global Positioning System; Lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Mobile robots; Simultaneous localization and mapping; Pedestrian Navigation; Visually Impaired and Blind People; Wearable computing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Information Science (ICIS), 2012 IEEE/ACIS 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1536-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIS.2012.118
