An intelligent indoor guidance and navigation system for the visually impaired. 2022

M Kahraman, and C Turhan
Department of Software Engineering, Atılım University, İncek/Ankara, Turkey.

Intelligent guidance in complex environments where various procedures are required for navigation is critical to achieving mobility for the visually impaired. This study presents a newly developed software prototype with a hybrid RFID/BLE infrastructure to provide intelligent navigation and guidance to the visually impaired in complex indoor environments. The system enables the users to input their purpose via a specially designed user interface, and provides intelligent guidance through a chain of destination targets which are determined according to the inherent procedures of the environment. Path optimization is performed by adaptation of the traveling salesman problem, and real-time instantaneous instructions are provided to guide the users through the predetermined destination points. For evaluation purposes, a hospital environment is constructed as an example of a complex environment and the system is tested by visually impaired participants. The results show that the intelligent purpose selection and destination evaluation mechanism modules of the system are found to be effective by all the participants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002183 Canes Sticks used as walking aids. The canes may have three or four prongs at the end of the shaft. Walking Sticks,Cane,Stick, Walking,Sticks, Walking,Walking Stick
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012656 Self-Help Devices Devices, not affixed to the body, designed to help persons having musculoskeletal or neuromuscular disabilities to perform activities involving movement. Assistive Devices,Assistive Technology,Assistive Device,Assistive Technologies,Device, Assistive,Device, Self-Help,Devices, Assistive,Devices, Self-Help,Self Help Devices,Self-Help Device,Technologies, Assistive,Technology, Assistive
D012682 Sensory Aids Devices and materials used to extend the functioning of the senses, most often including materials adapted for those having visual or hearing impairments and also includes materials that have been translated from one sensory mode to another. (ERIC https://eric.ed.gov/?qt Aid, Sensory,Aids, Sensory,Sensory Aid
D019987 Visually Impaired Persons Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living. Blind Persons,Persons with Visual Impairments,Visually Disabled Persons,Blind Person,Disabled Person, Visually,Disabled Persons, Visually,Impaired Person, Visually,Impaired Persons, Visually,Person, Blind,Person, Visually Disabled,Person, Visually Impaired,Persons, Blind,Persons, Visually Disabled,Persons, Visually Impaired,Visually Disabled Person,Visually Impaired Person

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