An indoor campus navigation system for users with disabilities

• Autorzy: Pilski Marek , Mikułowski Dariusz , Terlikowski Grzegorz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34739/si.2023.29.06

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

While supporting navigation outside buildings is currentlywell solved through GPS-based systems, only a few solutions support indoor navigation and user positioning in large buildings. In this paper, we propose a solution to support such navigation by creating a dedicated hierarchical map of the building and associating it with the infrastructure of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmitters installed in the building. Then a user equipped with a smartphone can easily read the signals of these transmitters and, thanks to the map, can determine their position in space.We use our method in a system that supports navigation and user safety, emphasizing users with special needs, which we are implementing on our academic campus. We describe the idea, architecture, and implementation of this system.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Bluetooth Low Energy; navigation inside the building; users with special needs

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach
• Czasopismo: Studia Informatica : systems and information technology
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 2(29)
• Strony: 81--93
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 37 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Pilski Marek

• University of Siedlce, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, ul. 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2362-0416

autor

Mikułowski Dariusz

• University of Siedlce, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, ul. 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-7846

autor

Terlikowski Grzegorz

• University of Siedlce, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, ul. 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5884-3770

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