| Budget Amount *help |
¥11,570,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,670,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Pedestrian navigation systems for visually impaired people have been developed. The systems use voice massages, called “verbal map,” in order to eliminate information gap between sighted and sight handicapped person.
The total systems developed include a) verbal maps which describe town environments substituting normal maps for sighted people, b) NFC(Near Field Communication) based input devices to operate smart phones without screen touching, c) communication robots which encourage single walking. These component systems were implemented and tested repeatedly, where several dozens of visually impaired people were participated as research subjects.
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