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Design of an indoor self-positioning system for the visually impaired--simulation with RFID and Bluetooth in a
Xiaohan Liu1, Hideo Makino, Suguru Kobayashi
1Graduate school of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-ninotyo, Niigata-shi, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan. liu@gis.ie.niigata-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
After a public experiment of the indoor guidance system using FLC (fluorescent light communication), we found that FLC provides a promising medium for the installation of a guidance system for the visually impaired. However, precise self-positioning was not satisfactorily achieved. In this article, we propose a new self-positioning method, one that uses a combination of RFID (Radio-frequency identification), Bluetooth and FLC. We analyzed the situation and developed a model that combined the three communication modes. Then we performed a series of experiments and get some results in the first step.
