INSIGHT: RFID and Bluetooth enabled automated space for the blind and visually impaired

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 331-334

  Ganz, Aura ^a   Gandhi, Siddhesh Rajan ^a   Wilson, Carole ^b   Mullett, Gary ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Commission for the Blind   (United States)

^c Springfield Technical Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Indoor localization and tracking; RFID

Indexed keywords

BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INDOOR LOCATIONS; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; RF-ID TAGS; RFID; USER DEVICES; USER NAVIGATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC WORKS; RADIO NAVIGATION;

BLUETOOTH;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATIENT; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SANITATION; SELF HELP; SENSORY AID; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SENSORY AIDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650808387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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