Data requirements and a spatial database for personalized wheelchair navigation

i-CREATe 2008 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 31-34

  Kasemsuppakorn, Piyawan ^a   Karimi, Hassan A ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Personalized wheelchair navigation; Real time wheelchair navigation; Sidewalk network; Sidewalk obstacles; Wheelchair navigation databases

Indexed keywords

CAR NAVIGATION; DATA REQUIREMENTS; IN-CAR NAVIGATION; REAL-TIME WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION; ROAD NETWORK; ROAD SEGMENTS; ROUTING FUNCTION; SIDEWALK OBSTACLES; SPATIAL DATABASE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION; WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION DATABASES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PAVEMENTS;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 82455220762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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