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Indoor Navigation System for the Visually Impaired Using One Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Barometer to Guide in the Subway Stations and Commercial Centers

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The main research about indoor navigation is about the use of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Ultra Wide band technology for locating one person in a building. These systems give an absolute position of the person; however, it is mandatory to put the hotspots of every technology in the building for calculating this position. An Inertial Measurement Unit is usually placed on the foot because, it is easier to compute the distance. The aim of this work is to use inexpensive sensors which come in a Smart Phone, which are handheld, or belt mounted for guiding one visually impaired in two main tests: the subway station and the commercial center. We are not intending neither to put any hotspot or landmarks on the place nor to use the IMU on the foot for ergonomic reasons. The results and performances are better in the subway stations than in the commercial centers.

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  • Visually Impaired
  • Mobility
  • IMU
  • Subway Stations
  • Commercial Centers

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  1. Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Université Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex, France

    Jesus Zegarra Flores & René Farcy

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  1. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstr. 69,, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, M5B 2K3, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Deborah Fels

  3. THIM/EA 4004 CHArt, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, 2 rue de la liberté, 93526, Saint-Denis Cedex, France

    Dominique Archambault

  4. Teiresias Centre, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Peňáz

  5. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 11/029, Vienna, 1050, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Zegarra Flores, J., Farcy, R. (2014). Indoor Navigation System for the Visually Impaired Using One Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Barometer to Guide in the Subway Stations and Commercial Centers. In: Miesenberger, K., Fels, D., Archambault, D., Peňáz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8547. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_63

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