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）：该项目将开发并符合新的辅助技术，以帮助盲人的人。紧急出口定位器（EEL）将为紧急情况下的退出提供指导。普通出口标志的照明将受到调节，以携带指导信息，同时仍然完全可见且功能可作为退出标志。盲人的人会根据手机作为计算平台携带或佩戴接收器，该平台从出口标志中处理光学信号，并为盲人提供音频指导。如果某些出口被紧急情况阻塞，网络的EEL出口标志将重新配置自己，以带领用户到达安全区域。 EEL将廉价且易于实现，因为它将使用现有的出口标志。鳗鱼将在商业设施中展示，并与盲人旅行者进行评估。它将定量测量其辅助能力和与其他辅助技术的比较。该项目将开发一个系统，以帮助盲人的人找到自己的方式，以便在紧急情况下安全，快速退出。将修改普通出口标志，以为盲人和手机定位器的人提供位置和指导，将提供通道的音频指导。盲人的人将能够更安全，独立旅行。