Project description ICT for smart and personalised inclusion Show the project objective Hide the project objective Visually disabled people have striking needs for trustful navigation systems enabling for efficient mobility services, mainly considering safety and autonomy. In this context, satellite positioning and navigation technologies available are being implemented in innovative personal navigation devices. But existing products and solutions based on GNSS fail because they lack accuracy and integrity, they don't provide a suitable and efficient man-machine interface adjusted to this user segment, or rely on costly infrastructures.ARGUS project focuses onto a satellite based navigation (GNSS/ EDAS) terminal for people with impaired visually capabilities, guiding them along pre-defined tracks (pre recorded or automatically calculated route), using specifically designed HMI such as acoustic and haptic signals. ARGUS project introduces the opportunity to develop an innovative guidance support system for visual impaired people based on the provision of a track perception to the end user through holophonic technologies. Neither research or patents, nor products, have solved the problem of providing a track line perception. Track perception would allow blind people to imagine the geometry of the path and walk along it. This will provide "track navigation" instead the classical "waypoint or route navigation" which is used for car navigation or people with all visual capabilities. This project focuses on visually impaired community which requires some modification to the traditional navigation guidance providing them personal inclusion and integration into daily life. Information collected by the users, will be gathered in a server supporting a social network where Argus users (and also any other user who could benefit from the data collected) could access web services delivering useful information that can increase safety or enhance the experience when performing outdoor activities.The user groups identified for ARGUS are visually impaired people, covering all levels of visual impairment, and also people working in environments with low visibility. Elderly people could in many occasions be included among such groups. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportnavigation systemssatellite navigation systemglobal navigation satellite systemengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometry Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.5.5 - ICT for smart and personalised inclusion Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator FUNDACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES VICOMTECH EU contribution € 629 389,00 Address PASEO MIKELETEGI PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON 57 20009 Donostia San Sebastian Spain See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all OHB DIGITAL SOLUTIONS GMBH Austria EU contribution € 383 307,00 Address KARNTNER STRASSE 7B/1 8020 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Klaus Aichhorn (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CEIT ALANOVA GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH Participation ended Austria EU contribution € 144 136,00 Address AM CONCORDE PARK 2320 SCHWECHAT See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Manfred Schrenk (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Germany EU contribution € 265 696,00 Address WERNER-VON-SIEMENS-STR. 1 80333 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES-VICOMTECH Participation ended Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address PASEO MIKELETEGI PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON 57 20009 DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Oihana Otaegui (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data OLMEDO KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS SL Spain EU contribution € 404 536,00 Address Calle Italia URBANIZACION EUROPA 7 28150 Valdetorres de Jarama See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antonio Olmedo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data THE 425 COMPANY United Kingdom EU contribution € 93 900,00 Address BLAKE COTTAGE GREEN LANE PO7 4SY HAMBLEDON See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact John Spiller (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data