Jan Balata

Selected publications

• Landmark-enhanced route itineraries for navigation of blind pedestrians in urban environment

  Jan Balata, Zdeněk Míkovec, Pavel Slavík

  Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces 12(3):181-198, 2018.
  

• Navigation Problems in Blind-to-Blind Pedestrians Tele-assistance Navigation

  Jan Balata, Zdeněk Míkovec, Ivo Malý

  Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2015, pp. 89-109, 2015.
  

• KoalaPhone: TouchScreen Mobile Phone UI for Active Seniors

  Jan Balata, Zdeněk Míkovec, Tomáš Slavíček

  Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces 9(4):263-273, 2015.
  

• On the Selection of 2D Objects Using External Labeling

  Jan Balata, Ladislav Čmolík, Zdeněk Míkovec

  Proceedings of SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 2255-2258, 2014.
  

• Collaborative Navigation of Visually Impaired

  Jan Balata, Jakub Franc, Zdeněk Míkovec, Pavel Slavík

  Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces 8(2):175-185, 2014.
  

Selected theses

• A prototype of mobile application for geographical data crowdsourcing in urban environments

  Michaela Riganová, Bachelor thesis, 2017

  To create reliable navigation system is a complex task but creating one for people impaired in mobility brings even more challenges. People impaired in mobility have much higher requirements…

  

• Description of Route Alternatives in Multimodal Transport for Blind Travelers

  Victoria Usan, Master thesis, 2020

  This master's thesis focuses on supporting independent travelling of blind people. Although many applications offer navigation functions for unsighted users, they are not often asked whether the…

  

• Navigation of Visually Impaired People in Urban Areas with Environment Transitions and Use of Public Transportation

  Jakub Berka, Master thesis, 2018

  This thesis focuses on the problem of navigation of visually impaired people in urban areas. The main objective of this thesis is to enable seamless connection of indoor and outdoor navigation…

  

• Accessible multi-platform navigation application for navigation of blind pedestrians

  Vojtěch Gintner, Bachelor thesis, 2017

  The purpose of this bachelor's thesis is to design and implement accessible multi-platform mobile navigation application for navigation of visually-impaired pedestrians. I started with stating…

  

• Mobile application for NaviTerier navigation system

  Vlastimil Jinoch, Master thesis, 2014

  This document describes the process of design, implementation and testing of mobile application of navigation system NaviTerier. The first part of this work deals with the problematic of visually…

  

• Touch screen mobile user interface for seniors

  Tomáš Slavíček, Master thesis, 2014

  This thesis focuses on the problem of designing a user interface for touch screen mobile phones optimized for elderly people. Typical modern smartphone has a large display, but its user interface is…

  

• Adaptive automatic assistance center for blind users who lost orientation

  Jan Nováček, Master thesis, 2013

  This thesis focuses on the problem of navigation of visually impaired people, especially in urban areas. The main objective of this thesis is to provide help to visually impaired people in situations…

  

• Mobile application for capturing location and communication of visual impaired people

  Adam Šimek, Bachelor thesis, 2012

  The main objective of this thesis was to create a mobile assistance application for visually impaired people, intended to help them with orientation problems. The thesis focuses on the problem of…