Exploring the Prospects of Developing a Smartphone Application for Pedestrians

Papageorgiou, George; Hadjigeorgiou, Katerina; Ness, Alexander N.

doi:10.1109/infoteh48170.2020.9066287

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“…Several research efforts have focused on the development of smartphone applications to help pedestrians and fulfil their needs. Papageorgiou et al [9] studied how an application can lead to sustainable walking and analysed the walking patterns of young people, concluding that a dedicated smartphone application on safer walking would encourage more young people to walk. Walksafe, presented by Wang et al [17], is a smartphone application intended to help pedestrians cross the streets safely.…”

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A Smartphone Application Designed to Detect Obstacles for Pedestrians’ Safety

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Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Encouraging people to walk rather than using other means of transportation is an important factor towards personal health and environmental sustainability. However, given the large number of pedestrian accidents recorded every year, the need for safe urban environments is increasing. Taking advantage of the potential of citizen-science for crowdsourcing data and creating awareness, we developed a smartphone application for enhancing the safety of pedestrians while walking in cities. Using the application, citizens will monitor the urban sidewalks and update a crowdsourcing platform with the detected barriers and damages that hinder safe walking, along with their location on a city map. To help users assign the correct type of obstacle, and authorities to assess the urgency, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model for barrier and damage recognition is embedded in the application. The results of a user evaluation, based on a group of volunteers who used the application in real conditions, demonstrate the potential of using the application in conjunction with a smart city framework.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%