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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Location sensing"”.
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Reliable location sensing through multi-sensor fusion, dynamic weighting, and confidence mapping
… to the user, they must maintain the location of users, devices, and resources within the room. Real-world systems are dynamic and constantly changing, with mobile people and devices. Current location sensing trends within pervasive systems focus on heterogeneous and hybrid systems …
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Design and implementation of an indoor mobile navigation system
… navigation system using the Cricket indoor location sensing infrastructure developed at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science as part of Project Oxygen. CricketNav navigates users to the desired destination by displaying a navigation arrow on a map. Both the direction and the position of …
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Spatial aspects of mobile ad hoc collaboration
… examines the enabling wireless communication and location sensing technology. It then proceeds to consider location, proximity and spatial organization as major factors in the development of interfaces and applications within the framework. The importance of seamless transitions between …
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Loco-Radio : designing high-density augmented reality audio browsers
… system. It uses GPS and a geomagnetic-based sensing module to provide outdoor and indoor location sensing. To enhance the audio browsing experience in high-density spatialized audio environments, we introduce auditory spatial scaling, which enables users or the system to adjust the spatial …
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Location estimation in a 3D environment using radio frequency identification tags
RFID tag location estimation in a 3D environment is investigated. The location of the tag with unknown coordinates can be estimated with certain accuracy. However, accuracy can be improved using the knowledge based on measurement of additional reference tags with known location. This thesis studies …
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Spatial properties of online social services : measurement, analysis and applications
… popularity of mobile devices equipped with location-sensing technology, users are now increasingly sharing details about their geographic location and about the places they visit. This adds a crucial spatial and geographic dimension to online social services, bridging the gap between the …
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Participatory infrastructure monitoring : design factors and limitations of accountability technologies
… with discussing potentials and limits of active location sensing for making waste systems more legible and accountable. The second essay investigates data collection methodologies for recycling cooperatives in Brazil, answering the following questions: how do waste picker cooperatives and …