A Navigational Approach Centered on Pedestrian Comfort: A Case Study From Fuzhou University

Thermal environments significantly influence the sensation of pedestrians. This work proposes a navigational approach that takes into consideration the perception of comfort by a pedestrian. Air temperature, relative humidity and wind velocity are the main factors that influence human sensation of thermal,6 sensors have been place in our study area in order to collect sensor data of above factors. We use Universal Thermal Climate Index, which is the most advanced multi-node model of thermoregulations to help assess comfortable level of each path. Finally, a comfort-based navigation approach was discussed.