• DocumentCode
    3449460
  • Title

    Selective device activation for power reduction in accelerometer-based wearable guidance systems for the blind

  • Author

    Lee, YeongJu ; Song, Minseok

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Inha Univ., Incheon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    13-16 Jan. 2012
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Lastpage
    107
  • Abstract
    We develop a guidance system to help the blind find their ways. Using accelerometer data, we classify users´ behaviors into several categories; based on this, we propose a new power saving technique.
  • Keywords
    accelerometers; cognition; handicapped aids; power consumption; vision defects; accelerometer based wearable guidance systems; power reduction; power saving technique; selective device activation; user behavior classification; Accelerometers; Accuracy; Cameras; Decision trees; Legged locomotion; Sensors; Ultrasonic imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • ISSN
    2158-3994
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0230-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCE.2012.6161762
  • Filename
    6161762