Route selection algorithm for blind pedestrian

ICCAS 2010 - International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2223-2228

  Kammoun, Slim ^a   Dramas, Florian ^a   Oriola, Bernard ^a   Jouffrais, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Blind; Geographical information system; Route selection; User needs

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BLIND; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ROUTE SELECTION; USER NEED;

ALGORITHMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EID: 78751492740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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