2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mobile phone based hybrid pedestrian navigation system for visually handicapped people to enhance their quality of life
| Project/Area Number |
21360247
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
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| Research Institution | Osaka City University |
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Principal Investigator |
UCHIDA Takashi 大阪市立大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 教授 (60203535)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | ITS / バリアフリー / ユニバーサルデザイン / 歩行者 / RFID / ケータイ / 実験 |
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| Research Abstract |
Pedestrian navigation system for visually handicapped people to enjoy their daily life such as shopping has been developed. As an end user device, GPS-equipped mobile phone is designed to be utilized. Following features are developed to be added to conventional navigation systems :(1) more precise audio directions to move,(2) easily recognizable directional sounds which are compatible with other sounds/noises encountered in daily lives,(3) precise notification of destination such as a small shop. The results are expected to be applied to practically use in several years.
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