Drishti: An Integrated Indoor/Outdoor Blind Navigation System and Service

  • Authors:
  • Lisa Ran;Sumi Helal;Steve Moore

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • PERCOM '04 Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom'04)
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

There are many navigation systems for visuallyimpaired people but few can provide dynamicinteractions and adaptability to changes. None ofthese systems work seamlessly both indoors andoutdoors. Drishti uses a precise position measurementsystem, a wireless connection, a wearable computer,and a vocal communication interface to guide blindusers and help them travel in familiar and unfamiliarenvironments independently and safely. Outdoors, ituses DGPS as its location system to keep the user asclose as possible to the central line of sidewalks ofcampus and downtown areas; it provides the user withan optimal route by means of its dynamic routing andrerouting ability. The user can switch the system froman outdoor to an indoor environment with a simplevocal command. An OEM ultrasound positioningsystem is used to provide precise indoor locationmeasurements. Experiments show an in-door accuracyof 22 cm. The user can get vocal prompts to avoidpossible obstacles and step-by-step walking guidanceto move about in an indoor environment. This paperdescribes the Drishti system and focuses on the indoornavigation design and lessons learned in integratingthe indoor with the outdoor system.