RFID and GPS integrated navigation system for the visually impaired

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1149-1152

  Yelamarthi, Kumar ^a   Haas, Daniel ^a   Nielsen, Daniel ^a   Mothersell, Shawn ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDING OBSTACLE; INFRA-RED SENSOR; INPUT DEVICES; INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION MODES; ON-THE-FLY; PORTABLE TERMINAL; RFID READERS; USER FEEDBACK; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LAUNCHING; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 77956600133     PISSN: 15483746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS.2010.5548863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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