Title :
Road information collection and sharing system
Author :
Suenaga, Takatoshi
Author_Institution :
Sendai Nat. Coll. of Technol., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
Walking is an important factor in good health, and people derive many benefits from travelling by foot. However, walking entails risks such as traffic accidents and falls. If people recognize specific risks before walking, then they may avoid such accidents. This paper proposes a road information collection and sharing tool for the public. The proposed system stores passive risks from the properties of the landscape and active risks identified by people. Moreover, it realizes an easy way to access such risk information. When people know and avoid these risks, they will be able to walk safely.
Keywords :
risk analysis; traffic information systems; active risks; landscape property; risk information; road information collection-sharing system; traffic accidents; Accidents; Accuracy; Crawlers; Global Positioning System; Internet; Roads; Smart phones;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609736