A blind navigation system using RFID for indoor environments

5th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, ECTI-CON 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 765-768

  Chumkamon, Sakmongkon ^a   Tuvaphanthaphiphat, Peranitti ^a   Keeratiwintakorn, Phongsak ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOBILE PHONES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLIND NAVIGATION; BLIND PEOPLE; COLD-START; COMMUNICATION DELAYS; ENERGY SOURCING; FILE TRANSFERS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GPRS NETWORKS; GPS RECEIVERS; IN BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOCATION INFORMATION; PASSIVE COMMUNICATION; PERVASIVE COMPUTING; RADIO-FREQUENCY-IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RF-ID TAGS; STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVICES; TRACKING SYSTEMS; UHF RFID; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 52949137024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECTICON.2008.4600543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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