TY - GEN
T1 - An indoor navigation aid designed for visually impaired people
AU - Öktem, Ruşen
AU - Aydin, Elif
AU - Çaǧiltay, Nergiz Ercil
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This work introduces the hardware architecture and general principles of a portable indoor navigation system for guiding visually impaired people. It operates through wireless communication between a compact hardware interface unit carried by the user, a central processing unit and an active RFID unit. The RFID unit collects signals as regard to the position of the user, the central system processes those signals to estimate the position of the user and proposes a route and direction for the user to follow, whereas hardware interface unit provides interaction. The orienteering of the user is obtained by a tactile compass.
AB - This work introduces the hardware architecture and general principles of a portable indoor navigation system for guiding visually impaired people. It operates through wireless communication between a compact hardware interface unit carried by the user, a central processing unit and an active RFID unit. The RFID unit collects signals as regard to the position of the user, the central system processes those signals to estimate the position of the user and proposes a route and direction for the user to follow, whereas hardware interface unit provides interaction. The orienteering of the user is obtained by a tactile compass.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/63149107641
U2 - 10.1109/IECON.2008.4758435
DO - 10.1109/IECON.2008.4758435
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:63149107641
SN - 9781424417667
T3 - IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
SP - 2982
EP - 2987
BT - Proceedings - 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2008
PB - IEEE Computer Society
ER -