PERCEPT: Indoor navigation for the blind and visually impaired

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 856-859

  Ganz, Aura ^a   Gandhi, Siddhesh Rajan ^a   Schafer, James ^a   Singh, Tushar ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^b   Mullett, Gary ^c   Wilson, Carole ^d  

^a Electrical and Computer Engineering Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Springfield Technical Community   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Commission for the Blind   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Indoor localization; RFID

Indexed keywords

EASE-OF-USE; HAND HELD DEVICE; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INDOOR NAVIGATION; LARGE BUILDINGS; MAINTENANCE COST; ON-DEMAND SYSTEMS; UNIQUE FEATURES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

BLUETOOTH; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

MAINTENANCE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; PATIENT; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SELF HELP; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; SENSORY AID;

BLINDNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SENSORY AIDS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84861926319     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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