Video Prompting and Indoor Wayfinding Based on Bluetooth Beacons: A Case Study in Supported Employment for People with Severe Mental Illness

Author

Chang, Yao-Jen ; Chen, Yan-Ru ; Chang, Chia Yu ; Wang, Tsen-Yung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Taipei

Volume

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6-8 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

141

Abstract

A novel wayfinding system is presented with an aim to increase workplace and life independence for cognitive-impaired patients such as people with traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer´s disease. According to psychological model of spatial navigation and the requirements of rehabilitation professionals, PDA prompting with navigation video at the right time and place can assist cognitively-impaired persons with navigating indoors or on the road. The experimental results show the computer-human interface is friendly and the capabilities of wayfinding are reliable.

Keywords

Bluetooth; diseases; handicapped aids; indoor communication; navigation; video signal processing; Alzheimer disease; Bluetooth beacon; PDA prompting; cerebral palsy; cognitive-impaired patient; computer-human interface; indoor wayfinding; life independence; mental retardation; navigation video; psychological model; rehabilitation professional; schizophrenia; severe mental illness; spatial navigation; traumatic brain injury; video prompting; wayfinding system; workplace; Alzheimer´s disease; Birth disorders; Bluetooth; Brain injuries; Employment; Mental disorders; Navigation; Personal digital assistants; Psychology; Roads; Bluetooth; Cognitive disability; ubiquitous computing; user interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Mobile Computing, 2009. CMC '09. WRI International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yunnan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3501-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMC.2009.134

Filename

4797235