Editors:
- 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
Part of the book series: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing (EAISICC)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Health
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in 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 must keep up to date with recent trends in platforms, methodologies and technologies to promote urban mobility. Also discuss are broader realms including education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation. Contributors include a variety of researchers and practitioners around the world.
Editors and Affiliations
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Applied Research Centre for Digital Transformation - ARC4DigiT, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Sara Paiva
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mobile Solutions and Their Usefulness in Everyday Life
Editors: Sara Paiva
Series Title: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93491-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93490-7Published: 23 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93491-4Published: 11 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2522-8595
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8609
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 341
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour
Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction