@article{ref1,
title="See you on the other side: a crosswalk navigation system with multimodal alert system for distracted and visually impaired crosswalk users",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2023",
author="Werner, Alec and Islam, Md Shafiqul and Nachiappan, Anvitha and Bafna, Tanishq and Movassagh, Maryam and Jeon, Myounghoon",
volume="67",
number="1",
pages="1894-1899",
abstract="Distracted and visually impaired crosswalk users are at increased injury and death risk. A system that redirects the attention of distracted crosswalk users and helps both distracted and visually-impaired crosswalk users safely navigate crosswalks could mitigate that risk. We tested the effectiveness of four feedback systems on crosswalk navigation: no feedback (baseline), auditory (whistle), vibrotactile, and multimodal (auditory and vibrotactile). Twelve participants were recruited and blindfolded to cross an in-lab mock crosswalk. Analysis showed that multimodal auditory and vibrotactile feedback significantly increased the success rate of navigating through a crosswalk compared to the baseline. Among the participants, 83.3% (10 participants) preferred vibrotactile feedback, and 75% (9 participants) found vibrotactile feedback to be most intuitive. These findings can inform the development of infrastructure-embedded alert systems that promote the safety of distracted crosswalk users.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/21695067231192420",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192420"
}