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Presentation 2013-03-12 15:45
Evaluation of obstacle detection accuracy on an electronic white cane using infrared distance sensors
Seiji Tsukigawa, Chikamune Wada (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) IMQ2012-91 IE2012-195 MVE2012-152 WIT2012-101
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) In recent years, for a walk support of the visually impaired, an electronic white cane which has ultrasonic sensors has developed and is in the market. This cane is able to detect an obstacle which is not able to be detected by an ordinary white cane. However, the cane also detects an obstacle which is not danger to the user because of wide measurement area of ultrasonic sensor. Then, we proposed an electronic white cane which had infrared distance sensors and motion sensor to inform the user of necessary information about obstacle. In this paper, optimal sensor arrangement was obtained by a simulation firstly, and efficacy of our proposition was investigated after making a trial manufacture. From the experimental results, our cane could detect obstacles while walking in the limited experimental condition.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Visually impaired / Electronic white cane / Infrared distance sensor / Walk / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 112, no. 475, WIT2012-101, pp. 317-320, March 2013.
Paper # WIT2012-101 
Date of Issue 2013-03-04 (IMQ, IE, MVE, WIT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee MVE IE WIT IMQ CQ  
Conference Date 2013-03-11 - 2013-03-12 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Fukuoka Institute of Technology 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Quality of media communication, welfare, and general topics 
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Conference Code 2013-03-MVE-IE-WIT-IMQ-CQ 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
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Title (in English) Evaluation of obstacle detection accuracy on an electronic white cane using infrared distance sensors 
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Keyword(1) Visually impaired  
Keyword(2) Electronic white cane  
Keyword(3) Infrared distance sensor  
Keyword(4) Walk  
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1st Author's Name Seiji Tsukigawa  
1st Author's Affiliation Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Chikamune Wada  
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
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Date Time 2013-03-12 15:45:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for WIT 
Paper # IMQ2012-91, IE2012-195, MVE2012-152, WIT2012-101 
Volume (vol) vol.112 
Number (no) no.472(IMQ), no.473(IE), no.474(MVE), no.475(WIT) 
Page pp.317-320 
#Pages 4 
Date of Issue 2013-03-04 (IMQ, IE, MVE, WIT) 

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