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A Study on Configuration of the Road Guide Data Model for Visually Impaired Pedestrian

시각적 교통약자를 위한 길안내 데이터 모델 구축에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2022.04.08
  • Accepted : 2022.04.25
  • Published : 2022.04.30

Abstract

Due to the improvement of surveying, mapping and communication techniques, various apps for road direction guides and vehicle navigations have been developed. Although such a development has impacted on walking and driving, there is a limit to improving the daily convenience of the socially impaired people. This is mainly due to the fact that the software have been developed for normal pedestrians and drivers. Therefore, visually impaired people still have problems with the confusion of direction and/or non-provision of risk factors in walking. This study aimed to propose a scheme which constructs data for mobility-impaired or traffic-impaired people based on various geospatial information. The factors and components related to walking for the visually impaired are selected by geospatial data and a walking route guidance network that can be applied to a commercial software. As a result, it was confirmed that road direction guidance would be possible if additional contents, such as braille blocks (dotted/linear), sound signals, bus stops, and bollards are secured. In addition, an initial version of the application software was implemented based on the suggested data model and its usefulness was evaluated to a visually impaired person. To advance the stability of the service in walking for the visually impaired people, various geospatial data obtained by multiple institutes are necessary to be combined, and various sensors and voice technologies are required to be connected and utilized through ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) technology in near future.

측량, 지도, 통신 기술의 발달로 다양한 길안내 앱 및 차량용 내비게이션 등이 개발 및 보급되었다. 그 결과, 보행 및 운전 전반에 널리 활용되며 많은 도움을 주고 있으나 여전히 사회적 약자의 일상 편의를 향상시키는데 있어서는 한계가 존재한다. 이는 일반 길안내 앱이나 내비게이션이 일반인의 보행이나 차량을 중심으로 서비스되고 있어 시각장애인이 이동 시 혼란을 유발하거나 위험 요소가 되는 정보를 제공하지 못하는데 따른 것이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 시각장애인과 같이 보행(이동)에 제약을 받는 교통약자를 대상으로 한 공간정보 기반 서비스를 구현하기 위한 데이터 구축 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 공간정보 데이터를 기반으로 시각장애인의 보행과 관련되어 요구되는 항목과 구성요소를 선정하고, 이를 기반으로 상용 앱(app)에 접목할 수 있는 보행용 길안내 네트워크를 구성·분석하였다. 그 결과, 공간정보 기반의 점자블럭(점형/선형), 음향신호기, 버스정류장, 볼라드 등의 추가적인 시각장애인용 컨텐츠 정보가 확보될 경우 교통약자의 독립적인 보행을 위한 길안내 서비스가 가능하다는 결론을 도출했다. 또한, 길안내를 위한 데이터 모델을 정립하고 이를 기반으로 초기 버전의 모바일 앱을 구현했으며, 시각장애인을 대상으로 한 검증을 통해 시각장애인용 컨텐츠 정보 제공이 보행 시 유용함을 확인했다. 보다 안정적인 보행을 지원하기 위해서는 타 기관 또는 여러 부처에서 제공되는 공간정보 자료의 DB (DataBase)화 및 활용이 필요하며, 동시에 ICT (Information and Communications Technologies)기술 접목을 통해 다양한 센서 및 음성기술 등을 연계·활용한 고도화 방안도 모색되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

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