Disclosed herein are techniques and systems to guide a visually impaired user through an urban area, such as, across a crosswalk. A mobile device may receive messages broadcast by wireless beacons deployed in an area and determine a path, for example, across a crosswalk, based on the messages. The mobile device can then provide feedback to guide a visually impaired user across the crosswalk.
ROAD CROSSING ASSISTANCE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
16.06.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Road crossing assistance for the visually impaired using two transmitted messages from beacons
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