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Travi-Navi: Self-Deployable Indoor Navigation System


Abstract:

We present Travi-Navi-a vision-guided navigation system that enables a self-motivated user to easily bootstrap and deploy indoor navigation services, without comprehensiv...Show More

Abstract:

We present Travi-Navi-a vision-guided navigation system that enables a self-motivated user to easily bootstrap and deploy indoor navigation services, without comprehensive indoor localization systems or even the availability of floor maps. Travi-Navi records high-quality images during the course of a guider's walk on the navigation paths, collects a rich set of sensor readings, and packs them into a navigation trace. The followers track the navigation trace, get prompt visual instructions and image tips, and receive alerts when they deviate from the correct paths. Travi-Navi also finds shortcuts whenever possible. In this paper, we describe the key techniques to solve several practical challenges, including robust tracking, shortcut identification, and high-quality image capture while walking. We implement Travi-Navi and conduct extensive experiments. The evaluation results show that Travi-Navi can track and navigate users with timely instructions, typically within a four-step offset, and detect deviation events within nine steps. We also characterize the power consumption of Travi-Navi on various mobile phones.
Published in: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking ( Volume: 25, Issue: 5, October 2017)
Page(s): 2655 - 2669
Date of Publication: 09 June 2017

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