Title :
Walking support by dangerous obstacles notification using an electronic white cane
Author :
Niitsu, Yoshihiro ; Itoh, Saki ; Kitahara, Shinya ; Minami, Hiroya ; Shimomura, Michio
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Syst. Eng. & Sci., Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
People with visual impairment always might knock up against dangerous obstacles while walking, because they cannot visually get the situation. Recently electronic white canes which have sensors and provide visually impaired persons with obstacle information, have been developed. This paper proposes the method that can detect dangerous obstacles correctly and can inform visually impaired persons of them effectively. By the experiment results its effectiveness has been clarified.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; sensors; ultrasonic applications; dangerous obstacle detection; dangerous obstacle notification; electronic white cane; obstacle information; sensors; visual impairment; walking support; Bluetooth; Compass; Educational institutions; Legged locomotion; Roads; Sensors; Time measurement; Electronic white cane; Smartphone; Ultra-sonic sensor; Visual impairment;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (APCC), 2012 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4726-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4727-3
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.2012.6388191
