LifeBelt: Crowd Evacuation Based on Vibro-Tactile Guidance

To increase crowd evacuation efficiency in emergency situations, the authors developed a wearable computer, LifeBelt, to guide individuals from emergency situations to escape. The LifeBelt collects position and orientation information about individuals from embedded sensors, shares this information...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inIEEE pervasive computing Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 33 - 42
Main Authors Ferscha, Alois, Zia, Kashif
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.10.2010
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
complex systems
Computational modeling
Computer simulation
Control systems
crowd modeling
Emergencies
Emergency services
Escape systems
Evacuation
Fires
large-scale simulation
Mathematical models
Optimization
Orientation
Pervasive computing
Safety
Stimulation
Strategy
wearable computing
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:To increase crowd evacuation efficiency in emergency situations, the authors developed a wearable computer, LifeBelt, to guide individuals from emergency situations to escape. The LifeBelt collects position and orientation information about individuals from embedded sensors, shares this information with a background emergency coordination system, receives an individualized optimized escape strategy, and guides the individual via vibro-tactile stimulation, indicating direction and distance to the recommended exit. Simulation models indicate that the number of successful evacuations per unit time improve significantly using the LifeBelt technology.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
ISSN:1536-1268
1558-2590
DOI:10.1109/MPRV.2010.83