Indoo.rs System Guides the Visually-Impaired Via Smartphone

Aug-05-14 A new pilot program at the San Francisco airport will test the feasibility of using wall-embedded sensors to help the visually impaired make their way through the terminal.

The sensors, created by the Austrian indoor positioning company Indoo.rs, are Bluetooth-enabled, which allows them to send a signal to any smartphone running the companion app. As an individual moves through the airport, the sensors will track their motion and 'transfer' the person to the next sensor down the line. This allows the system to provide verbal directions, much like a GPS system, while also altering the user to services, such as restaurants or restrooms, as they walk by.

The Indoo.rs system is already being tested by volunteers at the San Francisco airport.

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