An Indoor Guidance System for the Blind using Fluorescent Lights - Relationship between Receiving Signal and Walking Speed

Author

Liu, Xiaohan ; Makino, Hideo ; Kobayashi, Suguru ; Maeda, Yoshinobu

Author_Institution

Niigata Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

5960

Lastpage

5963

Abstract

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the relationship between the user´s walking speed and the data transmission speed in an indoor guidance system using fluorescent lights and a wireless LAN. A simulation formula is used to give out the direct relationship between the parameters. We simulated four angles (30deg-90deg) between the sensor and the horizontal direction. Three different walking speeds and four different data transmission speeds (1200 bps-9600 bps) were applied at all angles. Also we designed a series of experiments to validate the formula

Keywords

biomedical communication; data communication; gait analysis; handicapped aids; indoor radio; wireless LAN; 1200 to 9600 bits/s; blind people; data transmission speed; fluorescent lights; indoor guidance system; walking speed; wireless LAN; Cities and towns; Control equipment; Data communication; Fluorescence; Geometry; Legged locomotion; Microcomputers; Sensor systems; USA Councils; Wireless LAN; Fluorescent light; data transmission speed; indoor guidance system; simulation formula; wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259412

Filename

4463165