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Designing Sightseeing Support System in Oku-Nikko Using BLE Beacon

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Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2022 (EUROCAST 2022)

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We are developing a tourism support application using BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacons in Senjogahara, Oku-Nikko. There are several ways to supply power to a BLE beacon. We decided to use solar-powered since the Oku-Nikko area is on a mountain, and it is not easy to visit there frequently for maintenance. So, we developed a BLE beacon with a small silicon solar cell in 2018. However, during the summer, sunlight is blocked by the leaves of trees, and it is not easy to get enough electricity to drive a BLE beacon. Therefore, we redesigned the BLE beacon using dye-sensitized solar cells to generate electricity with weaker light than ordinary silicon solar cells. We replaced BLE beacons in Senjogahara with the new beacon in 2021. We confirmed that the new BLE beacons work stably even in an environment covered with forests. In this paper, we explain the design of the new BLE beacon and how it works under weak light.

Supported by JSPS Kakenhi (17H02249, 18K111849, 20H01278, 20H05702, 22K12598).

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express special thanks to Ms. Utsumi and Mr. Egashira of Nikko National Park Office of the Ministry of the Environment, Mr. Maehara of Tochigi Prefectural Government Office, and all members of the committee for increasing the satisfaction of tourists in Nikko. They provided us with information about Oku-Nikko and valuable advice. The authors also would like to express special thanks to Mr. Funakoshi, a Nikko Tourism Association manager. We also thank Mr. Takamura and Mr. Yoshida of Hatsuishi-kai, an association of shops in Nikko, Mr. Nakagawa of Kounritsuin Temple, and Mr. Nagai, a Professor Emeritus of Utsunomiya University.

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  1. Chuo University, 742-1 Higashinakano, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-039, Japan

    Atsushi Ito, Haruto Kawakami, Haruka Nakayama & Yuko Hiramatsu

  2. Utsunomiya University, 7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan

    Madoka Hasegawa

  3. Waseda University, 1-104, Totsuka-cho, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan

    Yasunari Harada

  4. University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan

    Kazutaka Ueda

  5. GClue Inc., 134-3 Ikkicyo Tsuruga Aza Kamiiai, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, 965-0006, Japan

    Akira Sasaki

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Ito, A. et al. (2022). Designing Sightseeing Support System in Oku-Nikko Using BLE Beacon. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2022. EUROCAST 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13789. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25312-6_62

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