Design considerations for a personalized wheelchair navigation system

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4790-4793

  Ding, Dan ^a,b,c   Parmanto, Bambang ^b   Karimi, Hassan A ^b   Roongpiboonsopit, Duangduen ^b   Pramana, Gede ^b   Conahan, Thomas ^b   Kasemsuppakorn, Piyawan ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Environment barriers; GPS; Wheelchair navigation; Wheelchair users

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT BARRIERS; WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION; WHEELCHAIR USERS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WHEELCHAIR;

DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 57649195633     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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