TY - JOUR
T1 - Ray
T2 - 7th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies, ANT 2016 and the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology, SEIT 2016
AU - Castillo-Cara, Manuel
AU - Huaranga-Junco, Edgar
AU - Mondragón-Ruiz, Giovanny
AU - Salazar, Andree
AU - Barbosa, Luis Orozco
AU - Antúnez, Enrique Arias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This work describes the implementation of a cost-effective assistive mobile application aiming to improve the quality of life of visually impaired people. Taking into account the architectural adaptations being done in many cities around the world, such as tactile sidewalks, the mobile application provides support to guide the visually impaired through outdoor/indoor spaces making use of various navigation technologies. The actual development of the application presented herein has been done taking into account that the safety of the end user will very much depend on the robustness, accuracy and timeliness of the information to be provided. Furthermore, we have based our development on open source code: a must for applications to be adapted to the cultural and social characteristics of urban areas across the world.
AB - This work describes the implementation of a cost-effective assistive mobile application aiming to improve the quality of life of visually impaired people. Taking into account the architectural adaptations being done in many cities around the world, such as tactile sidewalks, the mobile application provides support to guide the visually impaired through outdoor/indoor spaces making use of various navigation technologies. The actual development of the application presented herein has been done taking into account that the safety of the end user will very much depend on the robustness, accuracy and timeliness of the information to be provided. Furthermore, we have based our development on open source code: a must for applications to be adapted to the cultural and social characteristics of urban areas across the world.
KW - Beacon
KW - blind
KW - Bluetooth 4.0 BLE
KW - indoor route
KW - mobile devices
KW - navigation
KW - outdoor route
KW - smart path
KW - smart traffic light
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84971278934&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.procs.2016.04.153
DO - 10.1016/j.procs.2016.04.153
M3 - Artículo de la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84971278934
SN - 1877-0509
VL - 83
SP - 690
EP - 694
JO - Procedia Computer Science
JF - Procedia Computer Science
Y2 - 23 May 2016 through 26 May 2016
ER -