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Blind user response to a navigational system to assist blind people using active RFID and QR-code

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Saleh Alghamdi,

Ron van Schyndel,

Margaret HamiltonAuthors Info & Claims

PervasiveHealth '14: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Pages 313 - 316

https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255354

Published: 20 May 2014 Publication History

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In previous papers, we presented a navigational system for use by the blind and people with low vision. The system was built upon two technologies, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and Quick Response (QR) Codes. The system has been tested by sighted people and it has reached a high level of satisfactory results to identify the current position of the user with an accuracy of less than two meters in most cases, and to safely guide users to a desired destination. The new positioning technique is based on line-of-sight QR code detection, and non-line-of-sight signal attenuation of active RFID tags using a wearable reader. The aim of this paper is to present some user feedback of the system from the blind. One of the significant outcomes of the usability test on blind participants is that the system has to work in an integrated manner in order to achieve the aspirations of the users.

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Blind user response to a navigational system to assist blind people using active RFID and QR-code
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
    1. Sound-based input / output
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
    2. Interaction devices
      1. Sound-based input / output

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PervasiveHealth '14: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

May 2014

459 pages

ISBN:9781631900112

General Chair:
Andreas Hein
OFFIS-Institute for IT, Oldenburg, Germany
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Program Chairs:
Susanne Boll
OFFIS-Institute for IT, Oldenburg, Germany
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Friedrich Köhler
Charité, Berlin, Germany

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PervasiveHealth '14: 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

May 20 - 23, 2014

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