Personal guidance system for the visually impaired
J. M. Loomis, R. G. Golledge, R. L. Klatzky, J. M. Speigle, J. Tietz · 1994 · Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)
This 1994 paper outlines the design and progress of a portable navigation system intended to enable visually impaired individuals to travel independently through both familiar and unfamiliar environments. The system integrates three core functional components: a positioning and…
navigation · blind users · GPS · geographic information system · wayfinding