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Some emergency situations, such as fires or earthquakes, require that evacuation to a safe area, often through an emergency exit. This is especially difficult for people with visual disability. Here, we propose a new device, a haptic direction indicator, which will help blind pedestrians intuitively and safely escape from dangerous area by means of haptic navigation.
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Amemiya, T., Sugiyama, H. (2008). Design of a Haptic Direction Indicator for Visually Impaired People in Emergency Situations. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_171
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