• DocumentCode
    3244436
  • Title

    Modified floyd algorithm for intelligent walking frame

  • Author

    Lee, Hansoo ; Kim, Sudae ; Baek, Gyeongdong ; Kim, Sungshin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pusan Nat. Univ., Pusan, South Korea
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    23-26 Nov. 2011
  • Firstpage
    739
  • Lastpage
    742
  • Abstract
    Recently, the senior-friendly industry is expected to increase rapidly by population aging phenomenon. Especially, walking frame market for older people is expected to be even larger. Therefore, intelligent walking frame is proposed in this paper to guide through the shortest and comfortable path. Assuming that all the locations and its information given, the old tend to avoid difficult path such as uphill, stairs, obstacles, construction sites, etc. Consider this avoiding factors as some particular weights in Floyd algorithm will improve the performance in the desired direction. It is implemented commercially available walking frame added on guide system using modified Floyd algorithm. Applied this algorithm, although it may not the shortest path, can find easier and shorter path.
  • Keywords
    geriatrics; graph theory; handicapped aids; difficult path avoidance; guide system; intelligent walking frame; modified Floyd algorithm; older people; population aging phenomenon; senior-friendly industry; Aging; Buildings; Educational institutions; Legged locomotion; Navigation; Shortest path problem; Modified Floyd algorithm; Shortest path; intelligent walking frame; route selection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2011 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Incheon
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0722-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/URAI.2011.6146000
  • Filename
    6146000