Technological Trends in Improved Mobility of the Visually Impaired

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Literature Reviews and Surveys

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Smart Cities to Improve Mobility and Quality of Life of the Visually Impaired

      • Drishty Sobnath, Ikram Ur Rehman, Moustafa M. Nasralla

      Pages 3-28

   3. A Survey on Accessible Context-Aware Systems

      • Iyad Abu Doush, Issam Damaj, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Ra’ed M. Al-khatib, Alaa Eddin Alchalabi et al.

      Pages 29-63

   4. Smart Systems to Improve the Mobility of People with Visual Impairment Through IoM and IoMT

      • Raluca Maria Aileni, George Suciu, Victor Suciu, Sever Pasca, Jean Ciurea

      Pages 65-84

   5. Comprehensive Literature Reviews on Ground Plane Checking for the Visually Impaired

      • Aylwin Bing Chun Chai, Bee Theng Lau, Zheng Pan, Almon WeiYen Chai, Lil Deverell, Abdullah Al Mahmud et al.

      Pages 85-103

   6. Technologies and Systems to Improve Mobility of Visually Impaired People: A State of the Art

      • Sara Paiva, Nishu Gupta

      Pages 105-123

3. Navigation Systems Proposals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Cloud Video Guidance as “Deus ex Machina” for the Visually Impaired

      • Thanasis Loukopoulos, Maria Koziri, Natalia Panagou, Panos K. Papadopoulos, Dimitris K. Iakovidis

      Pages 127-143

   3. Virtual Vision Architecture for VIP in Ubiquitous Computing

      • Soubraylu Sivakumar, Ratnavel Rajalakshmi, Kolla Bhanu Prakash, Baskaran Rajesh Kanna, Chinnasamy Karthikeyan

      Pages 145-179

   4. Intelligent Vision Impaired Indoor Navigation Using Visible Light Communication

      • Jayakody Arachchilage Don Chaminda Anuradha Jayakody, Iain Murray, Johannes Hermann, Shashika Lokuliyana, Vandhana Dunuwila

      Pages 181-206

   5. AmIE: An Ambient Intelligent Environment for Blind and Visually Impaired People

      • Marwa Kandil, Fatemah AlAttar, Reem Al-Baghdadi, Issam Damaj

      Pages 207-236

   6. Digital Enhancement of Cultural Experience and Accessibility for the Visually Impaired

      • Dimitris K. Iakovidis, Dimitrios Diamantis, George Dimas, Charis Ntakolia, Evaggelos Spyrou

      Pages 237-271

4. Case Studies and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Toward Sustainable Domestication of Smart IoT Mobility Solutions for the Visually Impaired Persons in Africa

      • Abdulazeez Femi Salami, Eustace M. Dogo, Nnamdi I. Nwulu, Babu Sena Paul

      Pages 275-300

   3. Large-Scale Interactive Environments for Mobility Training and Experience Sharing of Blind Children

      • Marcella Mandanici, Antonio Rodà

      Pages 301-318

   4. HapAR: Handy Intelligent Multimodal Haptic and Audio-Based Mobile AR Navigation for the Visually Impaired

      • Ahmad Hoirul Basori

      Pages 319-334

   5. A Context-Aware Voice Operated Mobile Guidance System for Visually Impaired Persons

      • Kavi Kumar Khedo, Kishan Yashveer Bhugul, David Young Ten

      Pages 335-354

   6. Modelling the Creation of Verbal Indoor Route Descriptions for Visually Impaired Travellers

      • Johannes Tröger, Sarah Schnebelt, Jan Alexandersson

      Pages 355-377

   7. An Aid System for Autonomous Mobility of Visually Impaired People on the Historical City Walls in Lucca, Italy

      • Massimiliano Donati, Fabrizio Iacopetti, Alessio Celli, Roberto Roncella, Luca Fanucci

      Pages 379-411

This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in mobility solutions and platforms to improve mobility of visually impaired people. The authors' goal is to help to contribute to the social and societal inclusion of the visually impaired. The book’s topics include, but are not limited to, obstacle detection systems, indoor and outdoor navigation, transportation sustainability systems, and hardware/devices to aid visually impaired people. The book has a strong focus on practical applications, tested in a real environment. Applications include city halls, municipalities, and companies that can keep up to date with recent trends in platforms, methodologies and technologies to promote urban mobility. Also discussed are broader realms including education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation. Contributors include a variety of researchers and practitioners around the world.

• Features practical, tested applications of technological mobility solutions for visual impaired people;
• Presents topics such as obstacle detection systems, urban mobility, smart home services, and ambient assisted living;
• Includes a number of application examples in education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation.

• Indoor navigation for visually impaired people
• Outdoor navigation for visually impaired people
• Obstacle detection systems for visually impaired people
• Visually impaired people
• Urban mobility for visually impaired people
• Transport sustainability for visually impaired people
• Aid systems for visually impaired people
• Ambient assisted living for visually impaired people

• ARC4DigiT – Applied Research Center for Digital Transformation, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

  Sara Paiva

Sara Paiva is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, a PhD in Informatics Engineering from University of Vigo and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oviedo since January 2018, under advanced driving assistants and urban mobility. Sara Paiva coordinates ARC4DigiT, the Applied Research Center for Digital Transformation, created in january 2018.. Her main line of research is mobility solutions in urban environments applied to citizens in general and/or to the promotion of social inclusion.


She is frequent book editor of Springer and IGI books, has more than 30 publications in international journals and conferences, is a frequent reviewer of journals and international conferences and has supervised several final projects of Bachelor and Master in her main line of work.

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