Accessible Ultrasonic Positioning

Author

McCarthy, Michael ; Duff, Paul ; Muller, Henk L. ; Randell, Cliff

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Bristol Univ.

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

2006

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

93

Abstract

A positioning system´s design must account for several aspects of usability, most of which are determined by the application the system supports. The development of inexpensive, easy-to-use positioning technology simplifies the deployment of location-based applications. To explore the ubiquitous positioning systems´ design space we use the term accessibility, which encompasses all aspects of usability. We´ve at tempted to address several of these aspects in the design of ultrasonic positioning systems. Our solutions score better in some categories than in others, but our approach has enabled us to design and install more than 20 systems for use in permanent and temporary applications

Keywords

Global Positioning System; mobile communication; ultrasonic applications; Global Positioning System; location-based application; ubiquitous positioning system; ultrasonic positioning system; Availability; Computer vision; Costs; Global Positioning System; Mobile computing; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Scalability; Ultrasonic imaging; Usability; positioning systems; ultrasonics; wearable computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2006.65

Filename

1717372