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Guidebeacon beacon-based indoor wayfinding for the blind, visually impaired and disoriented

Cheraghi, Seyed Ali
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Cheraghi, Seyed Ali
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Namboodiri, Vinod
Walker, Laura L.
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2017-04-28
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Cheraghi, Seyed A. 2017. Guidebeacon beacon-based indor wayfinding for the blind, visually impaired and dioriented--In Proceedings: 13th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p.26
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There are currently few options for navigational aids for the blind and visually impaired (BVI) in large indoor spaces. Such indoor spaces can be difficult to navigate even for the general sighted population if they are disoriented due to unfamiliarity or other reasons. This research study presents an indoor wayfinding system called GuideBeacon for the blind, visually impaired, and disoriented (BVID) that assists people in navigating between any two points within indoor environments. It describes the technical challenges faced in designing such a system, the design decisions made in building the current version of the GuideBeacon system, the solutions developed to meet the technical challenges, and results from the evaluation of the system. Results presented in this research study obtained from field testing GuideBeacon with BVI and sighted participants suggests that it can be used by the BVID for navigation in large indoor spaces independently and effectively.
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Presented to the 13th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 28, 2017.
Research completed in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Envision Research Institute
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Wichita State University
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GRASP
v. 13
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http://hdl.handle.net/10057/13272
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