Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
69 results found tagged indoor navigation.
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A Rollator-Mounted Wayfinding System for the Elderly: A Smart World Perspective
This paper presents the iWalker, a rollator-mounted wayfinding system designed to help elderly individuals with cognitive and visual impairments navigate indoor environments independently. The system adopts a "smart world" perspective, where intellig…
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Indoor Wayfinding: Developing a Functional Interface for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
This paper from the University of Washington describes the design and user evaluation of an indoor wayfinding system for individuals with cognitive impairments, including traumatic brain injury, Down syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, and ce…
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Interactive Tracking of Movable Objects for the Blind on the Basis of Environment Models and Perception-Oriented Object Recognition Methods
This paper from the University of Stuttgart presents advances to an indoor navigation and object identification system for blind and deafblind users. The system combines a stereo camera and 3D inertial sensor mounted on a bicycle helmet with detailed…
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Talking Braille: A Wireless Ubiquitous Computing Network for Orientation and Wayfinding
This paper presents the design and initial evaluation of the Talking Braille system, a wireless ubiquitous computing network designed to help people with vision loss navigate indoor public spaces. The system is built around the "Cyber Crumb" concept:…
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Design and Development of an Indoor Navigation and Object Identification System for the Blind
This paper presents a multi-sensor orientation assistant for blind users navigating unknown indoor environments. The system addresses three core problems identified by blind users: determining one's position, determining head direction and movement d…
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Accessible Indoor Navigation
This doctoral consortium paper presents early-stage research on designing an accessible indoor navigation application for disabled users. Montague identifies a key gap: while outdoor navigation benefits from GPS, indoor wayfinding remains a significa…
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Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders: A Train Station Navigation Assistant
This short paper presents a prototype iPhone application designed to help blind people navigate inside train stations — an environment where GPS is unavailable and orientation is particularly challenging. The author's motivation comes from interviews…
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Supporting Spatial Awareness and Independent Wayfinding for Pedestrians with Visual Impairments
This paper presents Talking Points 3 (TP3), a location- and orientation-aware smartphone system designed to increase the "legibility" of indoor environments for pedestrians with visual impairments, fostering spatial awareness rather than simply provi…
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Situation-based Indoor Wayfinding System for the Visually Impaired
This paper presents an indoor wayfinding system for visually impaired people that uses situation-aware color codes affixed to building walls to guide users to destinations in unfamiliar environments. The key innovation is a situation-based approach: …
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Automated Description Generation for Indoor Floor Maps
This demonstration paper presents a prototype system that automatically generates verbal descriptions of indoor floor maps to support navigation for people with visual impairments. The system addresses a practical gap: while tools like canes, guide d…