Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Language
eng
Format of Original
10 p.
Publication Date
7-2012
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Source Publication
2012 IEEE 36th Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW)
Source ISSN
978-0-7695-4736-7
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2012.65
Abstract
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and other accessibility standards specify the requirements for assessing the architectural barriers for the built environment. And, the ADA -- Compliance Assessment Toolkit (ADACAT)provides simple pass-fail assessments of those requirements. Measurement Kit is the principal component of the ADACAT, which consists of various measuring instruments like, measuring tape, sound-level meter, light-level meter, magic slope block, etc. In this essay, we show that most of the instruments in the Measurement Kit can be effectively implemented as a software application on a smartphone equipped with sensors like, accelerometer, gyroscope, and microphone. Detailed algorithms have been presented and the experimental results show that an iPhone or iPod Touch 4:0 application can serve as measuring tape, sound-level meter, as well as slope meter, making the ADACAT both cheaper and more portable.
Recommended Citation
Tanviruzzaman, Mohammad; Rizia, Rizwana; Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal; and Smith, Roger O., "Americans with Disabilities Act - Compliance Assessment Toolkit on Smartphone" (2012). Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications. 295.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mscs_fac/295
Comments
Accepted version. Published as part of the proceedings of the conference, 2012 IEEE 36th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2012: 442-451. DOI. © 2012 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Used with permission.