Development of navigation system for the visually impaired

Author

Shinoda, Yoriko ; Yakabe, Yoshiyuki ; Magatani, Kazushige ; Yanashima, Kenji ; Sato, Reisuke

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokai Univ., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

399

Abstract

The objective of this study is the development of auto-navigation system which supports activities of the visually impaired without help of others. This system navigates the subject by using information about two sensors (gyroscope and acceleration sensor), DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System), maps and a traffic data base. In this paper, we assess the developed method which estimates the position and movement of the subject. From the experiments, the following characteristics become clear. (1) Using DGPS technique, positioning error was about 2 m. (2) Our estimation method by using a gyroscope and an acceleration sensor worked very well. Therefore, we´ve concluded that our new method will be useful for the navigation system

Keywords

Global Positioning System; accelerometers; biomedical equipment; computerised navigation; gyroscopes; handicapped aids; pattern matching; position control; absolute coordinates; acceleration sensor; auto-navigation system; differential GPS; gyroscope; maps; movement estimation; pattern matching; position estimation; positioning error; traffic database; visually impaired; Acceleration; Biosensors; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Global Positioning System; Gyroscopes; Magnetic sensors; Navigation; Pattern matching; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.657012

Filename

657012