title: INSIGHT: RFID and Bluetooth enabled automated space for the blind and visually impaired.
abstract: In this paper we introduce INSIGHT, an indoor location tracking and navigation system to help the blind and visually impaired to easily navigate to their chosen destination in a public building. INSIGHT makes use of RFID and Bluetooth technology deployed within the building to locate and track the users. The PDA based user device interacts with INSIGHT server and provides the user navigation instructions in an audio form. The proposed system provides multi-resolution localization of the users, facilitating the provision of accurate navigation instructions when the user is in the vicinity of the RFID tags as well as accommodating a PANIC button which provides navigation instructions when the user is anywhere in the building. Moreover, the system will continuously monitor the zone in which the user walks. This will enable the system to identify if the user is located in the wrong zone of the building which may not lead to the desired destination.
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Aura
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganz
authors.forename: Siddhesh Rajan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mullett
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation; D011633:Public Facilities; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device / Q000379:methods*; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012682:Sensory Aids; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*