Orientation for visually impaired passengers on-board a vehicle

DRIVE January 14, 2015
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The present invention relates to guiding and providing orientation for visually impaired passengers on-board a vehicle. In order to provide improved guidance for visually impaired passengers in lavatory situations on-board of vehicles, a vehicle guidance system (10) for guiding visually impaired passengers on-board a vehicle is provided. The vehicle guidance system comprises an interior space (12) on-board the vehicle with at least one lavatory (14) with enclosing cabin walls (16), and at least one guiding sanitary-handrail (24). The guiding sanitary-handrail is mounted along at least a part of the enclosing cabin walls inside the lavatory. The guiding sanitary-handrail is provided as a tactile guide (26). Further, the guiding handrail is provided with visually highlighted information (28) and manually touchable information (30), both related to cabin information. Still further, a plurality of operating elements (32) for controlling functions of the lavatory is provided inside the lavatory, and at least a part of the operating elements is arranged on the guiding sanitary-handrail.

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