PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-12-0045
Project Name:	Intelligent Situation Awareness and Navigation Aid for Visually Impaired Persons
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Yousuf First Name: Mohammed Telephone: 202-493-3199 E-mail: mohammed.yousuf@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Operations Research and Development
Team:	Trans Enabling Technologies Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Livability
Project Description:	Create a benchmark dataset with annotations for algorithm and system-performance evaluation using images and videos collected in different indoor environments.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	May 3, 2012
End Date:	May 2, 2016
Funding Amount:	$600,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Exploratory Advanced Research
Goals:	Situation awareness analysis research.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Leverage experience in computer vision and develop a real-time hierarchical compositional model for object detection.
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Increase mobility and confidence of travelers with vision impairments.
Deliverables:	Name: Proof of concept. Product Type(s): Research report, Technical report Description: A proof of concept demonstration is expected based on the research of situation awareness, assistive navigation, and non-visual interface in global positioning system-denied indoor environments. Audiences: Academics, Equipment vendors, Federal Highway Administration: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Operations researchers, Researchers, Safety researchers Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Pedestrians Operations Research Awareness Travelers Vision
FHWA Disciplines:	Operations
Subject Areas:	Data and Information Technology Society Safety and Human Factors