Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People
The number of individuals who suffer from visual impairment is increasing rapidly. The most significant barrier to improving the lives of the blind and visually impaired people is their inability to navigate independently and safely. Indoor navigation systems for blind and visually impaired people a...
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| author | Ahmad Alnafessah Mai Al-Ammar Suheer Al-Hadhrami Abdulmalik Al-Salman Hend Al-Khalifa |
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| description | The number of individuals who suffer from visual impairment is increasing rapidly. The most significant barrier to improving the lives of the blind and visually impaired people is their inability to navigate independently and safely. Indoor navigation systems for blind and visually impaired people aim to guide them in navigating independently in familiar and unfamiliar environments. Our system aims to provide an assistive technology for blind and visually impaired individuals by exploiting popular existing technologies that are often used by blind individuals, such as the smartphone. The system provides users with guidance statements that help them navigate from their current positions to desired destinations. The system consists of four main components: mapping, positioning, navigation, and interface. In order to implement these components, three main applications need to be developed: application in localization server, application in communication server, and application in smartphone, each of which is located in a different place but connected to the others. Functionalities test and blind test were conducted to evaluate the system. The system proved its ability to aid blind individuals effectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d309c8e49ffd49faa2aaebddc5e69c3c2023-08-02T00:15:04ZengHindawi - SAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772016-07-011210.1177/155014776152342Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired PeopleAhmad Alnafessah0Mai Al-Ammar1Suheer Al-Hadhrami2Abdulmalik Al-Salman3Hend Al-Khalifa4 King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia Department of Computer Science, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, P.O. Box 5701, Riyadh 13318, Saudi Arabia King Saud University, P. O. Box 2454, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia King Saud University, P. O. Box 2454, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia King Saud University, P. O. Box 2454, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaThe number of individuals who suffer from visual impairment is increasing rapidly. The most significant barrier to improving the lives of the blind and visually impaired people is their inability to navigate independently and safely. Indoor navigation systems for blind and visually impaired people aim to guide them in navigating independently in familiar and unfamiliar environments. Our system aims to provide an assistive technology for blind and visually impaired individuals by exploiting popular existing technologies that are often used by blind individuals, such as the smartphone. The system provides users with guidance statements that help them navigate from their current positions to desired destinations. The system consists of four main components: mapping, positioning, navigation, and interface. In order to implement these components, three main applications need to be developed: application in localization server, application in communication server, and application in smartphone, each of which is located in a different place but connected to the others. Functionalities test and blind test were conducted to evaluate the system. The system proved its ability to aid blind individuals effectively.https://doi.org/10.1177/155014776152342 |
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| title | Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People |
| title_full | Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People |
| title_fullStr | Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People |
| title_short | Developing an Ultra Wideband Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People |
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