Title :
Information Delivery System for Deaf People at a Larger Disaster
Author :
Ito, Atsushi ; Murakami, Hitomi ; Watanabe, Yu ; Fujii, Masahiro ; Yabe, Takao ; Hiramatsu, Yuko
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
5:46AM, January 17th, 1995, a large earthquake the magnitude of which was 7.3, occurred near Kobe and caused a disaster. Cities near the center of the earthquake were shaken with a seismic intensity 7. 6,434 lives were lost. Depending on this experience, we designed “Information Delivery System for Deaf People at a Larger Disaster (IDDD)” based on mobile phone and ad hoc networking technology with evaluation test performed at many different locations for three years. In this paper, we discussed how our information delivery system for deaf person in disaster (IDDD) has been designed and improved. Especially, brightness and font size were improved and 86% of users agreed that this system was useful. Also, 87% of them answered “Very Useful” or “Useful”. Evaluation result of readability of the display was also favorable, 72% answering “excellent” or “good”.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; disasters; earthquakes; geographic information systems; handicapped aids; mobile handsets; ad hoc networking technology; deaf people; disaster information system; earthquake; information delivery system; mobile phone; Ad hoc networks; Auditory system; Batteries; Earthquakes; Local area networks; Media; Mobile handsets; disaster information; mobile phone; support disabled people;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband and Biomedical Communications (IB2Com), 2010 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Malaga
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6951-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6952-9
DOI :
10.1109/IB2COM.2010.5723636
