DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF DESTINATION GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE

In this study, the authors constructed a walking guidance system for visually handicapped people, with FM wave information given by low power transmitters and a commercial portable radio. The efficacy of guiding information from the walking guidance system was evaluated in walking experiments for the visually handicapped. It became evident that the visually handicapped could understand the guiding information, suppose a psychological map and arrive at his destination precisely. Evaluation and analysis of the guiding information enabled the authors to classify the subjects into three groups and show their abilities to go out or walk.

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• Authors:
  • Ogino, Hiroshi
  • Noda, Koji
  • Takahashi, Masanori
  • Kurimoto, Yuzuru
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Future. Abstracts of the Third World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-10-14 to 1996-10-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft guidance systems; Evaluation; Guidance systems; Origin and destination; Visually impaired persons; Walking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741767
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 1997 12:00AM