SEES: Concept and design of a smart environment explorer stick

Author

Yusro, M. ; Hou, K.M. ; Pissaloux, Edwige ; Shi, H.L. ; Ramli, Kalamullah ; Sudiana, D.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´Inf. de Modelisation et d´Optimisation des Syst., Univ. Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 June 2013

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

77

Abstract

Visually Impaired Person or People (VIP) need to improve both orientation and mobility capabilities in order to be able to walk autonomously and safely using a white stick (cane). However, the feedback provided by an enhanced white stick (smart stick) does not integrate assistance to orientation and walking functions. This paper proposes to fill this gap and outlines the SEES (Smart Environment Explorer Stick) an enhanced white cane which assists the VIP´s navigation. The active multi-sensor context-awareness concept is adopted to be implemented in the SEES to help the VIP to move safely and easily in any places (indoor or outdoor). The first prototype of SEES (hardware and software) is presented in this paper.

Keywords

handicapped aids; interactive devices; path planning; safety; SEES; VIP; VIP navigation; active multisensor context-awareness concept; mobility capabilities; orientation functions; safe walking; smart environment explorer stick; smart stick; visually impaired person; walking functions; white stick; Acoustics; Cameras; Global Positioning System; Intelligent sensors; Legged locomotion; GPS; Google map; Visually Impaired People (VIP) navigation; assistive device; context-awareness; multi-sensor; orientation; smart stick; ubiquitous SEES; walking; web service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human System Interaction (HSI), 2013 The 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sopot

ISSN

2158-2246

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5635-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSI.2013.6577804

Filename

6577804