The embodied Web: embodied Web-services interaction with an umbrella for augmented city experiences
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds
Tactile wayfinder: a non-visual support system for wayfinding
Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges
HeadSLAM - simultaneous localization and mapping with head-mounted inertial and laser range sensors
ISWC '08 Proceedings of the 2008 12th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Navigation through urban environments by visual perception and interaction
ICRA'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Robotics and Automation
Wearable obstacle avoidance electronic travel aids for blind: a survey
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
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Navigation systems for visually impaired users have been researched extensively and most of these systems are wearable systems and devices. User-friendliness, functionality, location-based environment information retrieval and user interaction have been investigated in these navigation systems. Recently, Google Maps API, which can generate web-based maps and provide visualization functions, has been employed in some navigation systems. However, few researchers have discussed the possibilities of using the open source API for the visually impaired users. This paper presents a navigation system for these users, where navigation information generated by the Google Maps API is utilized and converted to useful directional information for the target users. A user interaction and feedback module with a universal control interface providing multiple user interaction modes have been developed for this navigation system.