PERCEPT-II: Smartphone based indoor navigation system for the blind

2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3662-3665

  Ganz, Aura ^a   Schafer, James M ^a   Tao, Yang ^a   Wilson, Carole ^b   Robertson, Meg ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Commission for the Blind   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; MHEALTH; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION; SMARTPHONES;

ANDROID SMARTPHONE; BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS; BLIND USERS; INDOOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM; LARGE BUILDINGS; LOW COSTS; UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS; USER FRIENDLY;

INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS;

BLINDNESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT; SENSORY AID;

BLINDNESS; CELL PHONES; HUMANS; SENSORY AIDS; SOFTWARE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84929485137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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