Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired Persons: Developing Situational Awareness and Guidance Solutions for People with Vision Impairment and Other Disabilities
There are approximately 2 million adults with reported vision loss in the United States. Independent travel and active interactions with the surrounding environment present significant daily challenges for these individuals, ultimately reducing quality of life and compromising safety. To begin to address these challenges, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program funded three research projects to examine new technology solutions for wayfinding and navigation guidance for people with vision impairment and other disabilities. This fact sheet briefly summarizes these three projects, which are entitled “Intelligent Situation Awareness and Navigation Aid for Visually Impaired Persons,” “Navigation Guidance for People with Vision Impairment,” and “Extended Event Horizon Navigation and Wayfinding for Blind and Visually Impaired Pedestrians in Unstructured Environments.”
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Highway Administration
Exploratory Advanced Research Program
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA United States 22101-2296 - Publication Date: 2015
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 2p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alertness; Assistive technology; Visually impaired persons; Wayfinding
- Identifier Terms: Exploratory Advanced Research Program; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
- Uncontrolled Terms: Navigational aids (Visually impaired)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01560679
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HRT-15-040
- Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Apr 21 2015 9:01PM