An outdoor navigation aid system for the visually impaired

IEEM2010 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2435-2439

  Xu, Jie ^a   Fang, Zhi Gang ^a,b   Dong, Dan Huang ^b   Zhou, Feng ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Auditory display; GIS; GPS; Outdoor navigation aid system; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISPLAY; GIS; GPS; OUTDOOR NAVIGATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

COMPUTER VISION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; NAVIGATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 78751692866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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