Project Details
Description
This project is an attempt to realise and simplify the mobility difficulties of individual
physically impaired people. The independent movement of physically impaired people is often
problematic because of the lack of traffic safety and the infrastructure complexity of buildings.
To reduce this confusion a concept based on the project ways4all was created, which is to
represent a relief for every kind of user group, from the visually handicapped right up to
tourists.
What is exceptional about this concept is the combination of two innovative technologies:
inertial navigation for indoor-routing and WLAN communication to contact the public transport
vehicles and inform on the stop announcements.
Current research findings have shown that the combination of these single components is very
useful because they complement each other perfectly and guarantee fluent crossing interfaces
in traffic systems.
The inertial navigation system was developed at the Institute of Constructional Informatics at
the TU Graz and has been tested successfully. With the help of building plans it is already
possible at this stage of development to depict a persons indoor position successfully.
This technology will be more sophisticated and miniaturised in the course of this project. The
implementation on mobile phones according to the two sense principle (acoustic and visual)
and the connection to the RFID-technology for navigation will be important components of the
work.
The accuracy of the navigation in combination with passive RFID-Tags placed in the ground
should be multiply increased for visually impaired people and at the same time the amount of
the tags needed should be reduced by implementing the software algorithm GERWEI which
was developed at the FH-Joanneum. Simultaneously through this realisation the effort and the
costs of the operator will be reduced enormously and the practicability of installation will be
guaranteed.
The implementation of WLAN technology for this project is based on a successful
preparatory work at the FH-Joanneum and the demonstration at the project Rampe-
Frankreich as well as the required range (double bus stops) and the availability of
conventional mobile phones.
Depending on what is required, information on stops as well as dynamic information like
delays and platform changes , will be prompted directly from the mobile phone in real time and
on site (at the railway area just on site available).
It is the first time that visually impaired people will receive feedback such as access
desire,from a technical system, which signalizes the unique quality of this technique. The aim
of this project is to expand the research findings from the project ways4all, to complement
and to create a uniform total system out of navigation and communication technologies. As a
result an individual barrier free mobility chain for all travellers will be presented, which will
viably support safety when travelling on public transportation.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/05/10 → 31/10/11 |
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