Collaborative navigation of visually impaired
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21230%2F14%3A00212834" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21230/14:00212834 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12193-013-0137-9" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12193-013-0137-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12193-013-0137-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12193-013-0137-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Collaborative navigation of visually impaired
Original language description
A navigation system for visually impaired users can be much more efficient if it is based on collaboration among visually impaired persons and on utilising distributed knowledge about the environment in which the navigation task takes place. To design anew system of this kind, it is necessary to make a study of communication among visually impaired users while navigating in a given environment and on their regularly walked routes. A qualitative study was conducted to gain insight into the issue of communication among visually impaired persons while they are navigating in an unknown environment, and our hypotheses were validated by a quantitative study with a sample of 54 visually impaired respondents. A qualitative study was conducted with 20 visuallyimpaired participants aimed at investigating regularly walked routes used by visually impaired persons. The results show that most visually impaired users already collaborate on navigation, and consider an environment description from ot
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
IN - Informatics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TE01020415" target="_blank" >TE01020415: V3C - Visual Computing Competence Center</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces
ISSN
1783-7677
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
175-185
UT code for WoS article
000337754000007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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