VIP SpaceNav – smart buildings for people with visual impairments.
People with visual impairments have difficulties in navigating indoor spaces and identifying elements of interest in the environment. There are a plethora of assistive systems that address this problem, but most of them are either expensive, depend on specialized hardware or lack intuitiveness. VIP...
| Published in: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1921 - 1940 |
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| Format: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=187408898&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 187408898 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17483107 1X04 jtl: Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology issn: 17483107 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 20 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 187408898 183639004 187408898 187408898 10.1080/17483107.2025.2478484 187408898 ppf: 1921 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: VIP SpaceNav – smart buildings for people with visual impairments. aug: au: Băluțoiu, Maria-Anca Morar, Anca Moldoveanu, Alin Lăpușteanu, Andrei Moldoveanu, Florica Anghel, Ana Magdalena affil: Department of Computers, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania sug: subj: Assistive Technology Devices Software Design Persons with Visual Disabilities Psychosocial Factors Models, Structural Mobile Applications Sound Localization Smartphone Graphics Stair Climbing Cues Sound Feedback ab: People with visual impairments have difficulties in navigating indoor spaces and identifying elements of interest in the environment. There are a plethora of assistive systems that address this problem, but most of them are either expensive, depend on specialized hardware or lack intuitiveness. VIP SpaceNav is a platform for low-cost, intuitive configuration and safe navigation, intended for people with visual impairments. The system's content management system stores a 3D model of the building, together with localization information and elements of interest. The mobile application dedicated to users with visual impairments runs a localization component, as well as an obstacle detection module, providing navigation cues and information about points of interest in the vicinity, with the help of text-to-speech and audio signals. This paper presents a concept of indoor guidance for people with visual impairments and a first materialization of the prototype, based on state-of-the-art localization and spatial sounds. It also describes the piloting of the system in complex scenarios in a real building, demonstrating its potential of deployment in any indoor space, with minimal financial and time resources. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION: VIP SpaceNav is a platform for low-cost, intuitive configuration and safe navigation, intended for visually impaired people. The mobile application dedicated to visually impaired users provides navigation cues and information about points of interest in the vicinity, with the help of text-to-speech and audio signals. With VIP SpaceNav, any building can become an accessible location for VIPs, where the position and route to any element of interest is indicated. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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