Title :
Portable traveling navigation system for the blind and its application to traveling training system
Author :
Tadokoro, Y. ; Takuno, S. ; Shimoda, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We propose a portable traveling navigation system to guide the blind to the desired destination, and apply it to the traveling training system. A microcomputer carried by a traveller calculates a traveling locus using the traveling distance and direction and compares it with the stored traveling route. Based on the compared results the appropriate guide voices are given to the traveller
Keywords :
computer based training; computerised navigation; handicapped aids; blind person aid; buzzer; computerized travel aid; guide voice; micro-loudspeaker; microcomputer; portable traveling navigation system; stored traveling route; traveling direction; traveling distance; traveling locus; traveling training system; voice memory; Application software; Biomedical computing; Joining processes; Legged locomotion; Magnetic sensors; Microcomputers; Mobile computing; Navigation; Portable computers;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802667
