An Independent and Interactive Museum Experience for Blind People

Asakawa, Saki; Guerreiro, João; Sato, Daisuke; Takagi, Hironobu; Ahmetovic, Dragan; Gonzalez, Desi; Asakawa, Chieko

doi:10.1145/3315002.3317557

Cited by 30 publications

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“…Considering the smartphone operating system, in the majority of the cases, the applications are developed to run on Android, taking advantages of the high diffusion and the affordability of Android devices (e.g., [16,29,88,119]). The Apple iOS architecture seems the best choice for applications focused on blind and visually impaired users, thanks to the advanced built-in accessibility features provided by Apple devices (e.g., [6,13,57,71,75]). To solve the issues Fig.…”

Section: Mobile Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Prandi

Mirri

Fogli

2021

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Urban environments, university campuses, and public and private buildings often present architectural barriers that prevent people with disabilities and special needs to move freely and independently. This paper presents a systematic mapping study of the scientific literature proposing devices, and software applications aimed at fostering accessible wayfinding and navigation in indoor and outdoor environments. We selected 111 out of 806 papers published in the period 2009–2020, and we analyzed them according to different dimensions: at first, we surveyed which solutions have been proposed to address the considered problem; then, we analyzed the selected papers according to five dimensions: context of use, target users, hardware/software technologies, type of data sources, and user role in system design and evaluation. Our findings highlight trends and gaps related to these dimensions. The paper finally presents a reflection on challenges and open issues that must be taken into consideration for the design of future accessible places and of related technologies and applications aimed at facilitating wayfinding and navigation.

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Section: Mobile Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Prandi

Mirri

Fogli

2021

Univ Access Inf Soc

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“…This reduces his ability to move freely he/ she can only travel through the specified path [14]. There has been many initiatives that came up recently to help visually impaired people to come forward in different spheres of the society, for this to make them more comfortable devices have been made to help them move about in the urban areas [15], in museums [16], traffic areas [17], airports [18] etc. These devices will help them to have a better interaction with the environment and will also help them to move about different locations more easily, it helps them to identify what's in front of them and when the next bus to location is available at and at what place.…”

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Robot Assisted Routing and Navigation System for Visually Impaired People

Shanmuganantham

2020

IJEAT

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This paper deals with the work on creating a robot assisted navigation system for the visually impaired people. The ability to see is an important gift that helps human beings to live their everyday lives, but not all people are blessed with this ability. The normal blind navigation devices deals with on-body devices that the user must carry, but this paper is talking about is a small rover that can be held by the user using a hanlde. The device will contain a raspberry pi module for taking data from a camera on-board to see the environment and make object and obstacle detection. The 4-WD rover will be controlled by an Arduino device which will be connected to the mobile of the user via a Bluetooth module. The user just has to say the name of the location he needs to go to by opening an application, the rest of the routing and transport will be done by the raspberry pi and Arduino.

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“…In addition, there are great advances in miniaturized sensors capable of providing parameters of moving objects, such as position and velocity [15][16][17]. The fusion of the advances in both sensors and artificial intelligence has led to many projects that seek to support VIP in navigation [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27], traveling [28][29][30][31], representation of the real world [32][33][34][35], obstacle detection on wayfinding [29,[36][37][38], assistant robots [39,40], and other applications…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, there are great advances in miniaturized sensors capable of providing parameters of moving objects, such as position and velocity [ 15 , 16 , 17 ]. The fusion of the advances in both sensors and artificial intelligence has led to many projects that seek to support VIP in navigation [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ], traveling [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ], representation of the real world [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ], obstacle detection on wayfinding [ 29 , 36 , 37 , 38 ], assistant robots [ 39 , 40 ], and other applications for general mobility, for monitoring and improving PA, and for sports participation of the VIP [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ]. The application spectrum is extensive and may include even sensor fusion for monitoring the vital signs of guide dogs in training [ 45 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors in Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired People, a Review

Leiva

Jaén-Vargas

Codina

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Sensors

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A diverse array of assistive technologies have been developed to help Visually Impaired People (VIP) face many basic daily autonomy challenges. Inertial measurement unit sensors, on the other hand, have been used for navigation, guidance, and localization but especially for full body motion tracking due to their low cost and miniaturization, which have allowed the estimation of kinematic parameters and biomechanical analysis for different field of applications. The aim of this work was to present a comprehensive approach of assistive technologies for VIP that include inertial sensors as input, producing results on the comprehension of technical characteristics of the inertial sensors, the methodologies applied, and their specific role in each developed system. The results show that there are just a few inertial sensor-based systems. However, these sensors provide essential information when combined with optical sensors and radio signals for navigation and special application fields. The discussion includes new avenues of research, missing elements, and usability analysis, since a limitation evidenced in the selected articles is the lack of user-centered designs. Finally, regarding application fields, it has been highlighted that a gap exists in the literature regarding aids for rehabilitation and biomechanical analysis of VIP. Most of the findings are focused on navigation and obstacle detection, and this should be considered for future applications.

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An Independent and Interactive Museum Experience for Blind People

Cited by 30 publications

References 27 publications

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Robot Assisted Routing and Navigation System for Visually Impaired People

Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors in Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired People, a Review

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