Real-time Mobile-Cloud Computing for Context- Aware Blind Navigation

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Published Jul 1, 2011
https://doi.org/10.47164/ijngc.v2i2.89
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Volume 2, Issue 2 July 2011: SPECIAL ISSUE ON CLOUD COMPUTING

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Pelin Angin

Abstract

Context-awareness is a critical aspect of safe navigation, especially for the blind and visually impaired inunfamiliar environments. Existing mobile devices for context-aware navigation fall short in many cases due totheir dependence on specific infrastructure requirements as well as having limited access to resources that could provide a wealth of contextual clues. In this paper, we propose a Mobile-Cloud Computing approach for context-aware navigation by exploiting the computational power of resources made available by Cloud Computing providers as well as the wealth of location-specific resources available on the Internet. We propose an extensible system architecture that minimizes reliance on infrastructure, thus allowing for wide usability.

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Pelin Angin. (2011). Real-time Mobile-Cloud Computing for Context- Aware Blind Navigation. International Journal of Next-Generation Computing, 2(2), 89–101. https://doi.org/10.47164/ijngc.v2i2.89
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