DocumentCode :
568686
Title :
On Route Travel Assistant for Public Transport Based on Android Technology
Author :
García, Carmelo R. ; Candela, Santiago ; Ginory, Jonatan ; Quesada-Arencibia, Alexis ; Alayón, Francisco
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Cybern. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
fYear :
2012
fDate :
4-6 July 2012
Firstpage :
840
Lastpage :
845
Abstract :
A traveler assistant for public transport is described in this paper. The main purpose of this system is to provide to the passenger real time information about the route, for example: estimated time to the next stop of the route or estimated time to the traveler destination, also if desired, tourist information about nearby interesting points. The application is designed for all kind of passengers, but it is especially useful for travelers with special needs or for those who are unfamiliar with a public transport network, for example tourists. Based on Bluetooth and Android technologies, the assistant has a clear and intuitive user interface permitting to the users a friendly interaction with the system and breaking down the barrier to entry for those users not accustomed to work with mobile software applications.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; automated highways; mobile computing; operating systems (computers); user interfaces; Android technology; Bluetooth; intelligent transport system; mobile software application; passenger real time information; pervasive system; public transport network; route travel assistant; tourist information; traveler assistant; traveler destination; user friendly interaction; user interface; Androids; Bluetooth; Humanoid robots; Mobile communication; Servers; Smart phones; Vehicles; Android technology; intelligent transport systems; mobile information system; pervasive systems;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (IMIS), 2012 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palermo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1328-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IMIS.2012.103
Filename :
6296963
Link To Document :
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