Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enhanced indoor navigation framework for seniors

Author

Tsirmpas, Charalampos ; Rompas, Alexander ; Anastasiou, Athanasios ; Koutsouris, Dimitris

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

27

Abstract

One of the most challenging limitations for the elderly and/or the visually impaired people is the inability of self-navigation in unfamiliar indoor environments. Numerous existing indoor navigation systems have been proposed in order to solve such problems. However, these papers do not adequately examine the effectiveness of the systems in real time trials and are faced with a variety of technical and usability problems. In our paper, we present a unique and elegant architecture of an indoor navigation system as an integrated and tested system in real time. This solution enables the localization of the user, as well as the navigation, considering scenarios that the user might follow and suggests guidelines for self-navigation.

Keywords

assisted living; geriatrics; handicapped aids; indoor navigation; radiofrequency identification; RFID; ambient assisted living; indoor localization; indoor navigation framework; radio frequency identification; self-navigation; seniors; Bluetooth; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Radio navigation; Radiofrequency identification; Servers; Ambient Assisted Living; Indoor Localization; Indoor Navigation Systems (INS); Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Visually Impaired;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015900

Filename

7015900