Indoor localization and navigation using smartphones augmented reality and inertial tracking

Buti Al Delail, Luis Weruaga, M. Jamal Zemerly, Jason W.P. Ng

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Abstract

Over the last years, indoor localization and navigation is becoming a hot topic. With the increasing number of buildings, indoor positioning and navigation has turned out to be more important than outdoors. In the literature, many papers discuss wireless based indoor positioning systems. Essentially based on Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or existing solutions that imply the measurement of radio signals. In this paper, we evaluate an indoor image-based positioning system that takes advantage of smartphones augmented reality (AR) and inertial tracking. The excellent computing capabilities in todays highend phones or smartphones in combination with its resources of sensors, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), inertial sensors, camera, wireless receivers, are powering the mobile application sector to the extent of becoming the fastest growing one in data communication technologies. AR as an emerging technology has the potential of creating new types of indoor location based services for the near future. Here, we show some of the AR capabilities combined with inertial tracking for localization and navigation.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 2013
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages929-932
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781479924523
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 2013 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 8 Dec 201311 Dec 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
CityAbu Dhabi
Period8/12/1311/12/13

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Indoor Localization
  • Indoor Navigation
  • Iner-tial Tracking

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