Spread and Development of Sign System for the Aged and Handicapped

我们调查了亚洲大洋洲地区行人标志系统的改进情况。在中国大陆、韩国、台湾、泰国等地，触觉警示块作为视觉障碍者的标志系统被大量使用。通过对步行空间改善情况的调查，不仅揭示了标识系统的问题，也揭示了许多问题。在无障碍设计中很少考虑人的步行空间。我国作为无障碍技术先进国家的责任也是重大的。在大洋洲国家澳大利亚和新西兰，标识系统的改进相对进步，作为标识系统的普及和技术发展问题，国际机场的公共空间正在尝试引入先进的标识系统，但在日常生活环境中还不够。对于老年人、残疾人等所有人来说，仍有许多研究课题，希望能开发出一种能够在普遍的公共空间中推广的系统。

We investigated improvement situation of the pedestrian sign system in the Asia Oceania region. In China and Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, there were much utilization of the tactile warning blocks as a sign system to the visually handicapped. Not only the sign system but also many problems became clear by investigation improvement situation of the walking space. There is seldom the consideration for the human walking space as barrier-free design. The responsibility of our country as an advanced nation with technique of barrier-free is also big. In the Oceania countries in Australia and New Zealand, the improvement comparatively advances on the sign system .As a problem of popularization and technology development of the sign system; the introduction of advanced the sign system is being attempted in the public space of international airport, but it is insufficient in daily living environment. There are still many subject of investigation, when it is considered for all humans such as the Aged and handicapped.It is expected the development of the system which can spread in the universal public spaces.