Abstract
This directed projet is about the use of smartphones for indoor navigation.
Nowadays, indoor navigation is a real challenge, we are all familiar with the multiple applications of GPS based navigation but all these applications cannot be transfered in an indoor environment as we cannot receive a GPS signal inside.
The document is composed of three different parts related to indoor navigation using smartphones. The first part presents an inertial positioning system for pedestrians walking in an indoor environment, this system is implemented on an iPhone 4. In the second part we introduce a positioning system using RFID tags scattered in a building as landmarks, this system is implemented on a Nexus-S smartphones. The last part presents a multi agent model for navigation softwares, in this last part we also present an implementation of the model on an iPhone 4.
Keywords
indoor, navigation, positioning, iPhone, smartphone, inertial, rfid, dead reckoning, multi agent
Date of this Version
2011
Department
Computer & Information Technology
Department Head
Jeffrey L. Brewer
Month of Graduation
December
Year of Graduation
2011
Degree
Master of Science
Advisor 1 or Chair of Committee
Eric T. Matson
Committee Member 1
Brandeis Marshall
Committee Member 2
James E. Dietz