Artículos de revistas
Exploring smart environments through human computation for enhancing blind navigation
Fecha
2015Registro en:
Communications in Computer and Information Science, Cham, v. 541, p. 66-76, 2015
1865-0929
10.1007/978-3-319-24804-2_5
Autor
Paredes, Hugo
Fernandes, Hugo
Sousa, André
Fernandes, Luis
Koch, Fernando
Fortes, Renata Pontin de Mattos
Filipe, Vitor
Barroso, João
Institución
Resumen
In this paper the orchestration of wearable sensors with human computation is explored to provide map metadata for blind navigation. Technological navigation aids for blind must provide accurate information about the environment and select the best path to reach a chosen destination. Urban barriers represent dangers for the blind users. The dynamism of smart cities promotes a constant change of these dangers and therefore a potentially “dangerous territory” for these users. Previous work demonstrated that redundant solutions in smart environments complemented by human computation could provide a reliable and trustful data source for a new generation of blind navigation systems. We propose and discuss a modular architecture, which interacts with environmental sensors to gather information and process the acquired data with advanced algorithms empowered by human computation. The gathered metadata should enable the creation of “happy maps” that are delivered to blind users through a previously developed navigation system.