An indoor navigation system for the visually impaired

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 8236-8258

  Guerrero, Luis A ^a   Vasquez, Francisco ^b   Ochoa, Sergio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Augmented object; Indoor positioning; Movement detection; Navigation system; Visually impaired; Voice interface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; REMOTE SENSING; WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; CANES; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WALKING;

EID: 84863193342     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120608236     Document Type: Article

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