Emergency Egress Locator

紧急出口定位器

• 批准号: 7473867
• 负责人: Elmer C Lupton
• 金额: $ 37.51万
• 依托单位: TALKING LIGHTS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7473867
• 关键词: Address; Algorithms; Area; Cellular Phone; Code; Computer software; Condition; Data; Development; Electronics; Emergency Egress Locator; Emergency Situation; Eye; Fire - disasters; Goals; Information Networks; Lead; Left; Light; Lighting; Location; Maps; Measures; Methods; Modification; Optics; Persons; Phase; Pliability; Process; Protocols documentation; Qualifying; Reporting; Route; Safety; Self-Help Devices; Signal Transduction; Standards of Weights and Measures; System; Technology; Travel; Wireless Technology; Work; base; blind; commercialization; computerized data processing; cost; design; human subject; improved; research and development; way finding

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop and qualify a new assistive technology to aid persons who are blind. The Emergency Egress Locator (EEL) will provide guidance to exits under emergency conditions. The illumination from ordinary exit signs will be modulated to carry the guidance information while still being totally visible and functional as an exit sign. Persons who are blind will carry or wear a receiver based on a cellphone as a computing platform which processes the optical signal from the exit sign and provides audio guidance to the person who is blind. If some exits are blocked by emergency, the networked EEL exit signs will reconfigure themselves to lead users to a safe area. EEL will be inexpensive and easy to implement because it will use existing exit signs. EEL will be demonstrated in a commercial facility and evaluated with blind travelers. Its assistive capability and comparison with other assistive technologies will be quantitatively measured. This project will develop a system to help persons who are blind find their way to exits safely and quickly in case of emergency. Ordinary exit signs will be modified to provide location and guidance to persons who are blind and cellphone based locators will provide wayfinding audio guidance. Persons who are blind will be able to travel more safely and independently.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将开发并鉴定一种新的辅助技术来帮助盲人。紧急出口定位器 (EEL) 将在紧急情况下提供出口指导。普通出口标志的照明将被调制以携带引导信息，同时仍然完全可见并用作出口标志。盲人将携带或佩戴基于手机的接收器作为计算平台，该接收器处理来自出口标志的光学信号并向盲人提供音频引导。如果某些出口因紧急情况而被封锁，联网的 EEL 出口标志将自行重新配置，以引导用户前往安全区域。 EEL 成本低廉且易于实施，因为它将使用现有的出口标志。 EEL 将在商业设施中进行演示，并由盲人旅行者进行评估。其辅助能力以及与其他辅助技术的比较将被定量测量。该项目将开发一个系统，帮助盲人在紧急情况下找到安全、快速的出口。普通出口标志将被修改，以便为盲人提供位置和指导，基于手机的定位器将提供寻路音频指导。盲人将能够更安全、更独立地出行。