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As tecnologias para apoio aos invisuais assumem uma grande importância, no
sentido de tornar os utilizadores com deficiências mais independentes da ajuda de
terceiros, abrindo-lhes assim uma janela a novas oportunidades que no passado
recente não seriam possíveis de alcançar. Neste trabalho descreve-se uma
tecnologia incorporada no equipamento de um atleta invisual, que permite a prática
de corrida sem o apoio de um guia para a sua orientação. Esta orientação é realizada através de sensores e actuadores, que com base nos dados retirados do ambiente que o rodeia e após serem tratados numa unidade de processamento, orienta o indivíduo ao longo de um percurso.
Os sensores e actuadores permitem com base nos seus dados analisar a posição em pista e informar o utilizador da direcção a seguir. O utilizador durante a sua corrida é alertado por via de actuadores controlados pelo sistema, da presença de obstáculos detectados pelos sensores de distância, permitindo ao invisual evitá-los de forma segura.
O sistema interage continuamente com utilizador, recebendo e tratando os dados
em tempo real. Aumenta a independência dos deficientes visuais, permitindo-lhes
realizar autonomamente tarefas que até aqui exigiam a colaboração de um guia.
Nowadays the visual impaired support technologies, assume a great relevance towards of turning a disabled person more independent from someone’s help, opening them a window of new opportunities that was impossible to reach in the recent past. This work describes a wearable technology for an invisual person that allow the user to practice running without the help of a guide. This guidance is held by sensors and actuators that based on the data from the surrounding environment and after been treated on a processing unit, guides the user along the running route. The sensors and actuators allow based on the data, analyze the track position and inform the user of the direction to follow. During the race the actuators controlled by the system, inform the runner of a presence of an obstacle detected by the distance sensors, allowing the user to safely avoid them. The system continuously interacts with the user, receiving and processing the data on real time. Increases the invisual independency, allowing them to autonomously perform tasks witch until now required the assistance of a guide.
Nowadays the visual impaired support technologies, assume a great relevance towards of turning a disabled person more independent from someone’s help, opening them a window of new opportunities that was impossible to reach in the recent past. This work describes a wearable technology for an invisual person that allow the user to practice running without the help of a guide. This guidance is held by sensors and actuators that based on the data from the surrounding environment and after been treated on a processing unit, guides the user along the running route. The sensors and actuators allow based on the data, analyze the track position and inform the user of the direction to follow. During the race the actuators controlled by the system, inform the runner of a presence of an obstacle detected by the distance sensors, allowing the user to safely avoid them. The system continuously interacts with the user, receiving and processing the data on real time. Increases the invisual independency, allowing them to autonomously perform tasks witch until now required the assistance of a guide.
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Deficientes visuais - Desporto - Apoio tecnológico Deficientes visuais - Desporto - Tecnologias móveis Deficientes visuais - Desporto - Corrida - Sensores e actuadores Deficientes visuais - Desporto - Orientação e mobilidade Tecnologias assistidas - Deficientes