scholarly journals TATU: an Approach for Supporting Tourists with Disabilities to Indoor and Outdoor Navigation using Mobile Devices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio J. Coutinho ◽  
Dayvson Sales ◽  
Wagner Fontes ◽  
Samuel Lucas V. L. Barbosa ◽  
Victor Accete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Adaptive Interface ◽  
Guided Tour ◽  
Indoor Spaces ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor ◽  
Outdoor Navigation

People with disabilities living in Brazil face great difficulties in the tasks of daily life mainly due to the lack of accessibility in public spaces, products and services. In this context, we noticed a lack of a computing tool that embraces both people with visual and hearing impairment. This work presents TATU -- a mobile application for both Android and iOS platforms aimed at supporting people with visual or hearing impairment to enjoy Brazilian tourist attractions, including both open-air and indoor spaces. TATU application has an adaptive interface exclusively designed for each of the impairment user profiles, it can work on guided tour mode by indoor navigation using BLE beacons and outdoor navigation using GPS. Our solution was evaluated by three experiments, one of which was carried out with blind volunteers and TATU application obtained satisfactory results for both spacious attractions with the lowest density of collection items and for the smallest spaces.

scholarly journals Indoor navigation by blind people: Behaviors and challenges in unfamiliar spaces and buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Watthanasak Jeamwatthanachai ◽  
Mike Wald ◽  
Gary Wills
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
First Time ◽  
Indoor Spaces

A number of visually impaired people suffer from navigation-related activities due to mishaps that discourage them from going out for social activities and interactions. In contrast to outdoors, traveling inside public spaces is a different story, as many environmental cues cannot be used and have their own set of difficulties. Some technologies have come into play in helping these people to have freedom in navigation (e.g., accessible map, indoor navigation systems, and wearable computing devices). However, technologies like accessible maps or indoor navigation systems are insufficient to fulfill the independent navigation gap as additional information is required (obstacles, barriers, and accessibility). To promote indoor navigation and create better use of technologies for visually impaired people, it is essential to understand the facts and actual problems that they experience, and what behaviors and strategies they use to overcome any problems; these are the concerns that led to this study. In all, 30 visually impaired people and 15 experts were recruited to give an interview about the behavior and strategies used to navigate indoor spaces, especially public spaces, for example, universities, hospitals, malls, museums, and airports. The findings from this study reveal that navigating inside buildings and public spaces full of unfamiliar features is too difficult to attempt the first time for a number of reasons, reducing their confidence in independent navigation.

scholarly journals The Development of A Mobile Application Prototype Tour Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

I-STATEMENT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Anne Sukmayani ◽  
Erza Sofian ◽  
Abdul Barir Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Programming Languages ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
Development Life Cycle

The development of information technology has a direct impact on the improvement of the mobile phone industry, resulting in increased production and use of smartphones as a medium of information exchange. This development also creates an evolution in the world of mobile services. Android is one of the operating systems on mobile phones that provides an open platform for developers to build applications on various mobile devices. This research aims to build an Android-based mobile application that provides information on tourist attractions in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. in real time and apply location-based services to the application. This TMII travel guide mobile application was created using Android Studio as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Google Maps API, and SQLite and MySql. The programming languages used are java, xml, sql, and php. The research method used is the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) approach with the Rapid Application Development (RAD) model.

scholarly journals Using a game engine to visualize the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology in a mobile application

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Jacek Bernard Marciniak ◽  
Hubert Janicki
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Navigation Systems ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Game Engine ◽  
Main Building ◽  
Model Based ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Source Data

AbstractThe aim of the study presented in this article is to identify and analyse the problems which arise when creating a 3D model based on two-dimensional data and its import into a game engine and then developing algorithms to automate this process. The authors decided that they would use the Unity game engine to create an application presenting the results of modelling the interior of the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology. The work was divided into stages in which problems related to the adopted method were identified and the automation of selected activities was suggested. The main tasks performed during the study included processing the source data into a 3D model along with the correction of errors made during this process, detailing the model by adding characteristic elements of the building’s interior, and creating the so-called game scene in the Unity game engine along with the implementation of the application’s behaviour. The developed software can be integrated with indoor navigation systems, and the implemented scripts can be used during the preparation of other models.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A-TOOLIPS, A LEARNING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR DEAF CHILDREN TO PRODUCE WORDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Retno Novi Dayawati ◽  
Mahmud Dwi Sulistiyo ◽  
Meiditia Mustika Rani ◽  
Rahmi Maulidina Nistia ◽  
Desi Noor Linda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Positive Results

The deaf have a very fundamental problem, which is the ability to communicate and interact, so that it makes their very complicated. In the process of learning in basic education, the problem root faced by children with hearing impairment is the limitation in identifying and producing words. The learning process is limited to only rely on time at the school was an obstacle for them. Therefore, A-TooLips built as learning applications on mobile devices for the deaf children focusing on the ability to produce words. A-TooLips gives more time and places for hearing impaired children to learn, so that it helps their problem in communicating and interacting with others. It is explained in this paper that the A-TooLips has been successfully implemented and tested by some children with hearing impairment, and reached positive results.

Valid Space Description in BIM for 3D Indoor Navigation

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoulaye Abou Diakité ◽  
Sisi Zlatanova
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Topological Description ◽  
Map Data ◽  
Building Walls ◽  
Models Validation ◽  
Indoor Spaces ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Space Description

The BIM paradigm, supplied by appropriate standards like IFC, became unavoidable in recent construction projects. Several applications (e.g. indoor navigation, energy analysis ...) find in it a source of information on which they can rely. However, practices reveal that BIM models are not always directly reliable for applications and the latter have to ensure the validity of the data by their own. In the case of indoor navigation, the calculations will highly rely on the IfcSpace objects describing the rooms, in addition to their spatial relationships with their surrounding components. Unfortunately, it is common to face IFC models in which IfcSpace objects contain wrong geometric and topological description. In this paper, the authors discuss the issues related to BIM models validation for indoor navigation. Furthermore, they present a method to generate valid indoor spaces in IFC models. The approach relies on the structural components of the building (walls, slabs, etc.) and uses topological operations, supported by the combinatorial map data structure, to produce watertight space volumes.

scholarly journals Development of an Omnidirectional-Image-Based Data Model through Extending the IndoorGML Concept to an Indoor Patrol Service

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyo-jin Jung ◽  
Jiyeong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Indoor Location ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
Omnidirectional Image ◽  
Space Data ◽  
Omnidirectional Images ◽  
Indoor Spaces ◽  
Topological Data

Different indoor representation methods have been studied for their ability to provide indoor location-based services (LBS). Among them, omnidirectional imaging is one of the most typical and simple methods for representing an indoor space. However, a georeferenced omnidirectional image cannot be used for simple attribute searches, spatial queries, and spatial awareness analyses. To perform these functions, topological data are needed to define the features of and spatial relationships among spatial objects including indoor spaces as well as facilities like CCTV cameras considered in patrol service applications. Therefore, this study proposes an indoor space application data model for an indoor patrol service that can implement functions suited to linking indoor space data and service objects. In order to do this, the study presents a method for linking data between omnidirectional images representing indoor spaces and topological data on indoor spaces based on the concept of IndoorGML. Also, we conduct an experimental implementation of the integrated 3D indoor navigation model for patrol service using GIS data. Based on the results, we evaluate the benefits of using such a 3D data fusion method that integrates omnidirectional images with vector-based topological data models based on IndoorGML for providing indoor LBS in built environments.

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