ORIENTATION, NAVIGATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE

摘要

The present invention concerns an orientation, navigation and informationsystem, especially adapted for blind orvisually impaired people. It is essentially a system that allows blind orvisually impaired people to access information usuallymade available only to public transportation users visually, through postersor informative signs, or through dynamic informationscreens of various nature. It allows, first of all, the access to informationfrom the outside or within private or public facilities orlocations, using a conventional mobile phone (2) equipped with one or moreadditional communication channels, or a wirelesscommunicator, and in second place, it allows also, simultaneously, theorientation and navigation of the system user(s), throughplaces of interest (20), according to their instructions, using a discreet andnon-obstructive system of acoustic emitters (3, 17), andusing also a cell system or radio communication network (6) like Bluetoothand/or Wi-Fi and/or others, inserted in and relatedwith the places of interest of the user(1). This allows the user to know his(her) accurate localization and can guide his (her) route.The present orientation, navigation and information system can also be used bypeople without visual impairment, by adapting thesystem, for example, to display orientation instructions visually.