TY - CONF T1 - Ambient Assisted Route Planner based on XML Files with Accessibility Information T2 - WISP 2009, 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing Y1 - 2009 A1 - Paulo Faria Amaral A1 - Garcia, Juan Carlos A1 - Teodiano Freire Bastos A1 - Manuel Mazo KW - accessibility KW - assisted mobility KW - intelligent wheelchair KW - navigation maps KW - Route planning AB -

This work introduces an Ambient Assisted Route Planner (A2RP) aimed for providing route planning in unknown indoor environments. System was first designed as an assistive mobility aid to be used by intelligent powered wheelchairs, although it can be suitable also for other autonomous mobile robotics systems, non-automated mobility device users or pedestrians. A2RP system is based on a set of XML description files that can be retrieved from the internet. These files contain all the information needed to access public or private buildings: floor maps, accessibility information, available routes and calibration landmarks. XML description files must be created, located and maintained in an internet server specially dedicated for this purpose. This paper presents description files structure and the associated software applications: a visual editor to build and maintain XML accessibility information files and a navigation setup program to be run on board of the intelligent wheelchair processor.

JF - WISP 2009, 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing CY - Budapest SN - 978-1-4244-5058-9 ER -