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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2012.16.12.2702

The Design and Implementation Navigation System For Visually Impaired Person  

Kong, Sung-Hun (아주대학교 전자공학과)
Kim, Young-Kil (아주대학교 전자공학과)
Abstract
In the rapid growth of cities, road has heavy traffic and many buildings are under constructions. These kinds of environments make more difficulty for a person who is visually handicapped to walk comfortable. To alleviate the problem, we introduce Navigation System to help walking for Visually Impaired Person. It follows, service center give instant real time monitoring to visually impaired person for their convenient by this system. This Navigation System has GPS, Camera, Audio and Wi-Fi(wireless fidelity) available. It means that GPS location and Camera image information can be sent to service center by Wi-Fi network. To be specific, transmitted GPS location information enables service center to figure out the visually impaired person's whereabouts and mark the location on the map. By delivered Camera image information, service center monitors the visually impaired person's view. Also, they can offer live guidance to visually impaired person by equipped Audio with live talking. To sum up, Android based Portable Navigation System is a specialized navigation system that gives practical effect to realize more comfortable walking for visually impaired person.
Keywords
Navigation; Visually Impaired Persons; N : N Service; GPS; Camera; Audio;
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