A Welfare Town Construction by Walking Inducement Barrier-Free System for the Sight Handicapped People and Aging Society

本文对福利镇建设的研究进行了探讨。这些科学研究包括为视觉障碍者设计的新的无障碍系统、市场上的福利设施、通用设计、智能交通系统（ITS）等。快速老龄化社会和重视福利的社会的发展，给城镇建设带来了新的理念。近年来，无障碍研究的积极进展，社会基础设施的建设，正在进行中。这不仅是为了老年人或残疾人，它将使每个人都能自由和安全地行动，并在当地社会中不受阻碍地工作，使他们能够积极参与当地社会。换句话说，该系统引导视力障碍者自己行走，并引导他们到任何地方，如公共建筑物。当详细解释时，新的无障碍系统由一些封闭了一些电子部件的图片字符块、产生语音的便携式机器和发射电波的电子白色手杖组成。此外，本研究还探讨了今后将越来越重要的通用设计。今后的设想是，将经济产业省、国土交通省、在此基础上，我们开发了一套针对视障人士的语音步行诱导系统，并完成了原型系统。在此基础上，进一步推进系统的实际应用和研究，以完成福利镇的建设。

This Thesis discusses researches on the welfare town construction. And these scientific researches are composed of a new barrier-free system for the visually handicapped people, the welfare equipments in the market, the universal design, ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), and so on.The development of a rapid aging society and a society who attach importance on welfare, have brought a new idea to town construction. In a word, it is directionality of the welfare town construction.Recently, a study on barrier free has been aggressively progressed, from which the construction of a social infrastructure, is being pursued. This is not only for the elderly or the handicapped, it will enable every individual to act freely and safely, and to work in the local society without hindrance, so they can actively participate in the local society.A system examined in this study helps to support the sight handicapped when walking. In other words, the system guides the sight handicapped to walk on their own and to guide them to any location such as a public building.When explaining in detail, the new barrier-free system is composed some picture character's blocks where some electronic parts are enclosed, a portable machine which generates voice, and a electronic white cane which emits electric wave. And this research investigates the universal design that would become important more and more in the future in addition.The vision for the future is the construction of a new barrier-free system, that incorporates the ITS which is advanced at present by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, and so on.We developed a vocal walking inducement new system for the visually handicapped persons and completed the prototype, as a result of these researches. Then we are advancing the practical use of the system and the researches to the completion of a welfare town construction.