Blind user indoor environment mapping system for self-localization

• Main Authors: Samsudin, S.S., Mokhtar, Norrima, Arof, Hamzah, Ibrahim, F., Iwahashi, M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/6130/; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053160507&partnerID=40&md5=36da41a52746eec04630a07f0159d494
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This paper described blind user indoor environment mapping system for self-localization via webcam camera. The method used is based on robot navigation systems which capture and build panorama map of the floor. The map is then incrementally update its position as it moves throughout an environment....