Beacon technology for real-time informing the traffic network users about the environment
Abstract
Informing the users about their environment is of extreme importance for their full and independent functioning in the traffic system. Today’s development of technology provides the user the access to information about their environment by using the smartphone device at any moment if there is a defined applicative solution. For this, it is necessary to define the user’s environment according to the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) concept, which understands adequate technology of gathering, processing and distribution of information. This paper presents the proposal of the solution for informing the traffic network users about the environment for the defined group of users based on the beacon technology. The mentioned solution is based on the results of two separate studies about the needs of users who move along a part of the traffic network. The aim of the proposed solution is to provide the user with precise and real-time information and to raise the level of safety during movement.
Keyword : ambient assisted living, wireless technologies, information management system, assistive technology, identification, traffic network
How to Cite
Periša, M., Cvitić, I., Peraković, D., & Husnjak, S. (2019). Beacon technology for real-time informing the traffic network users about the environment. Transport, 34(3), 373-382. https://doi.org/10.3846/transport.2019.10402
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Peraković, D.; Periša, M.; Bukljaš Skočibušić, M. 2015a. Possibilities of implementing ambient assisted living concept in traffic environment, Archives of Transport System Telematics 8(1): 30–34.
Peraković, D.; Periša, M.; Remenar, V. 2015b. Model of guidance for visually impaired persons in the traffic network, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 31: 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2015.03.007
Periša, M. 2013. Dinamičko vođenje i usmjeravanje slijepih i slabovidnih osoba u prometu [Dynamic Guiding and Routing of Disabled and Visually Impaired Persons in Traffic]: Doctoral Thesis. University of Zagreb, Croatia. 205 s. (in Croatian).
Periša, M.; Peraković, D.; Šarić, S. 2014. Conceptual model of providing traffic navigation services to visually impaired persons, Promet – Traffic & Transportation 26(3): 209–218. https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v26i3.1492
Periša, M.; Peraković, D.; Vaculík, J. 2015. Adaptive technologies for the blind and visual impaired persons in the traffic network, Transport 30(3): 247–252. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2014.1003405
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