Seita Kayukawa, Tatsuya Ishihara, Hironobu Takagi, Shigeo Morishima, and Chieko Asakawa

Guiding Blind Pedestrians in Public Spaces by Understanding Walking Behavior of Nearby Pedestrians

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

Volume 4, Issue 3

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