[access-uk] Re: Fujitsu phones to guide the blind through homes • Reg Hardware
- From: Saqib Hussain <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:53:19 +0100
I'm sorry but you don't need a system to guide yourself around your
own home. Everyone knows their own environment.
On 03/07/2012, Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmmm, might be useful for exhibitions or public buildings but it seems a tad
> patronising to think it would be useful in the home - or is that just me!
>
> http://www.reghardware.com/2012/07/02/fujitsu_helps_blind_with_smartphone_directions/
>
> Fujitsu phones to guide the blind through homes
>
> Fujitsu has helped develop an indoor support system that utilises impulse
> radio ultrawideband (UWB) tech to guide blind and partially sighted people
> around their homes.
>
> The system - co-created with Japan's National Institute of Information and
> Communications Technology - gives audio instructions on distances and
> directions to a destination. It does this with pulses sent out in the
> 7.25-10.25GHz band to determine the user's distance from base-stations
> positioned throughout the room.
>
>
> A host computer calculates the person's position from the distance supplied
> by each base-stations. That information is relayed by Bluetooth to the
> user's mobile device, handed over to a mapping application developed for
> Android that guides the holder to their destination with spoken
> instructions.
>
> With a margin of error of less than 0.3m, UWB tech is said to be far more
> accurate than GPS systems - and can work in a room into which satellite
> signals can't penetrate.
>
> The system is in its early days, working only to guide the user around a
> large open space. But NICT and Fujitsu plan to push the technology further
> with sensors that can detect obstacles in the user's path.
>
> The current implementation also requires users select their destination by
> tapping the handset's screen - clearly, not an ideal approach for the truly
> visually impaired.
>
> In addition to helping blind folk get about, NICT and Fujitsu also reckon
> there's a role for the technology in guiding sighted people to the nearest
> exit in case of emergency.
>
> In the meantime, the firms will be demonstrating the tech at the Wireless
> Technology Park 2012 in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, from 6-7 July. ®
>
>
>
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