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General Principles
of Universal Design Policy |
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III. Specific measures |
9. |
Application
of IT and other new technologies |
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Systems that use "Ubiquitous Location
Information System" based on ubiquitous network technology that
consists of IC tags *17 and other communication
equipment and of portable information terminals etc., to help elderly
people and handicapped people move freely and independently and to
provide sightseeing information to foreign tourists visiting Japan
by supplying users with information such as "travel routes,"
"transportation methods," and "destination" and
other information by voice, by a letter, and in multiple languages
are, with cooperation with regional governments and so on, expanded
throughout Japan based on the results of corroborative testing. |
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The conversion of geographical information
into electronic form is promoted, information provision systems incorporating
GIS technology are constructed, and map guidelines based on the concept
of universal design to create tactile maps for visually handicapped
people for example are prepared, so that anyone can easily and effectively
use geographical information. |
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Standardized IC card systems *18
that allow a user to use a single card to travel on railways, busses,
and other transportation modes will be introduced nationwide to improve
convenience to users, diversify services, and improve information
provision. |
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(Specific
cases)
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A "Ubiquitous Location Information
System" that is a new social infrastructure that uses revolutionary
ubiquitous network technology to supply needed information "at
any time, anywhere, to anyone," will permit elderly and handicapped
people to move freely and independently to places they wish to go.
And it will provide needed sightseeing information to towns first
visited by foreign tourists coming to Japan. Corroborative testing
of free mobility assistance and sightseeing information provision
are now being carried out in Kobe, Asakusa, and at the site of the
Aichi Expo 2005, and , this system will be prepared for introduction
nationwide,with cooperation with regional governments and so on, based
on the knowledge obtained through the corroborative testing. |
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IC card systems will be introduced nationwide
as, for example, in the Kanto (7 prefectures) where common IC cards
are scheduled to be gradually introduced by bus companies and railway
companies starting in 2007, a transfer fee discount system and a point
premium system based on links with commercial and cultural facilities
will be introduced and measures taken to use common IC cards to enhance
the convenience of users will be promoted. |
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IC tag: An electronic tag
housing an IC that is attached primarily in order to provide advanced
real time control of the state of movement of objects and of people.
Also called wireless tags and RFID tags, each is a module consisting
of a wireless communication IC and antenna, and their special features
are that they are compact, light and their information can be rewritten.
(ICT = Integrated Circuit Tag). |
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IC card system: A system
using cards, each housing an integrated circuit. They can record far
more data than an electromagnetic card and provide enhanced security. |
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