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    GuideBeacon: Beacon-Based Indoor Wayfinding for the blind, visually impaired, and disoriented

    Date
    2017
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    Cheraghi, Seyed Ali
    Namboodiri, Vinod
    Walker, Laura L.
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    S. A. Cheraghi, V. Namboodiri and L. Walker, "GuideBeacon: Beacon-based indoor wayfinding for the blind, visually impaired, and disoriented," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), Kona, HI, 2017, pp. 121-130
    Abstract
    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 paper 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. The GuideBeacon system allows users equipped with smartphones to interact with low cost Bluetooth-based beacons deployed strategically within the indoor space of interest to navigate their surroundings. This paper 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 paper 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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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PERCOM.2017.7917858
    http://hdl.handle.net/10057/13476
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