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Quantitative Evaluation of Orientation Performance of Tactile Walking Surface Indicators for the Blind

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Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 484))

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Abstract

Tactile walking surface indicators (TWSIs) are installed on roads to support independent travel for the blind. There are two types of TWSIs, attention patterns and guiding patterns. The attention pattern is usually installed at the crosswalk entrances. The direction of the crossing can be acquired by the row of the projection of the attention pattern through the soles of the shoes. In addition, truncated domes or cones of the attention pattern were arranged in a square grid, parallel or diagonal at 45° to the principal direction of travel. However, the international standard organization (ISO) allows a wide-ranging size. In this research, the direction indicating performance was compared at the same intervals for the five diameters specified by the international standard.

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  1. Institute of Technology and Science, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijosan-Jima, Tokushima, Tokushima, 770-8506, Japan

    Shinji Takahashi, Tatsuki Ishibashi, Katsuya Sato, Shin-ichi Ito & Shoichiro Fujisawa

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and the Environme, University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and the Environme, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Neville A. Stanton

  2. Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Steven Landry

  3. Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi “G.d’Annunzio” Chiet, Pescara, Italy

    Giuseppe Di Bucchianico

  4. Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi “G.d’Annunzio” Chiet, Pescara, Italy

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Takahashi, S., Ishibashi, T., Sato, K., Ito, Si., Fujisawa, S. (2017). Quantitative Evaluation of Orientation Performance of Tactile Walking Surface Indicators for the Blind. In: Stanton, N., Landry, S., Di Bucchianico, G., Vallicelli, A. (eds) Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 484. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_13

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