PERCEPT indoor navigation system for the blind and visually impaired: Architecture and experimentation

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ganz, Aura ^a   Schafer, James ^a   Gandhi, Siddhesh ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^b   Wilson, Carole ^c   Robertson, Meg ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Commission for the Blind   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS; BLIND USERS; HEALTH CONDITION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INDOOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM; MULTISTORY BUILDING; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

HEALTH CARE; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; TALL BUILDINGS;

VISION AIDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDOOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84872135345     PISSN: 16876415     EISSN: 16876423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/894869     Document Type: Article

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