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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Empirical study of a pedestrian navigation method for user's safe and easy wayfinding based on quantitative estimation of landmark's effectiveness

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23500109
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Media informatics/Database
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

FURUKAWA Hiroshi  筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (90311597)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Keywords歩行者ナビゲーション / 高度道路交通システム / 不安 / 移動体通信 / 認知科学 / GIS / 避難誘導
Research Abstract

In order to reduce anxiety of pedestrian navigation users, we have proposed a route planning algorithm, which weighs user's difficulty of locating own current position as well as total physical distance of courses. The cost function for evaluating routes is expanded by adding elapsed time of locating each intersection to the original cost of route distance. The elapsed time at an intersection is estimated based on valuation functions of effectiveness of landmarks. The functions were constructed based on data collected through cognitive experiments with participants. Cognitive experiments with a prototype system were conducted to acquire actual data for evaluation of the modified functions. The results indicate that the functions acquired are quite fit to the data of the experiments, and suggest that the modified method is useful for estimating walking time for routes. This empirical study shows the validity of the proposal method.

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2014 2013 2012

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Pedestrian Navigation Guidance for Elderly People's Safe and Easy Wayfinding2014

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Furukawa
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014

      Volume: (掲載予定) Pages: 12

    • URL

      http://www.ahfe2014.org/index.html

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Pedestrian Navigation Method for User's Safe and Easy Wayfinding2013

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Furukawa, Yutaka Nakamura
    • Journal Title

      Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Contexts of Use (the 15th International Conference on Human- Computer Interaction)

      Pages: 156-165

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-642-39265-8_17

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Pedestrian navigation system based on quantitative estimation of landmark's effectiveness2012

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Furukawa, Yutaka Nakamura
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics 2012

      Pages: 391-400

    • URL

      http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466552623

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Quantitative Evaluation Method of Landmark Effectiveness for Pedestrian Navigation2012

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Furukawa, Hiroto Uto
    • Journal Title

      Computer Modelling and Simulation (Proceedings of UKSim 14th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation)

      Pages: 265- 270

    • DOI

      10.1109/UKSim.2012.45

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ランドマークに基づく歩行者の位置特定難易度推定モデルの提案と実践的検証2013

    • Author(s)
      中村 裕, 古川宏
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム「モバイル13」
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2013-03-07
  • [Presentation] 街路空間におけるランドマーク視認性モデルの被験者実験による有効性評価2012

    • Author(s)
      中村裕, 古川宏
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム「モバイル 12」
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪市立大学
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-16
  • [Presentation] GPS を利用できない屋内空間における携帯端末を用いた誘導法の検討2012

    • Author(s)
      有田和晃, 古川宏
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム「モバイル 12」
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪市立大学
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-16

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Published: 2015-07-16  

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