DocumentCode
3540809
Title
Electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired users
Author
Di Mattia, V. ; Russo, P. ; Scalise, L. ; De Leo, A. ; Primiani, V. Mariani ; Petrini, V. ; Cerri, G.
Author_Institution
Dipt. Ing. dell´Inf., Univ. Politec. delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
fYear
2013
fDate
9-13 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
1408
Lastpage
1411
Abstract
This paper describes the development of an electromagnetic travel aid aiming to the improvement of the mobility of blind and visually impaired subjects in unknown environments. The paper reports the preliminary results obtained with a portable prototype. They show the feasibility of the electromagnetic “cane”, the possibility to detect the presence of obstacles not detected with ordinary cane and address further improvements.
Keywords
handicapped aids; horn antennas; network analysers; electromagnetic cane; electromagnetic travel aids; obstacle detection; portable prototype; visually impaired users; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Directive antennas; Electromagnetics; Helical antennas; Horn antennas; Radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Torino
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5705-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632484
Filename
6632484
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