Extraction of Landmarks for Pedestrian Navigation System

Displaying Landmarks in Pedestrian Navigation Systems

Research Question: Should photographs of landmarks be displayed in indoor pedestrian navigation systems? At which point of the navigational task can these interfaces support the user? Approach: Two different navigation prototypes were implemented: one of them used photographs of landmarks to explain the route, whereas the other one showed a mobile map. Method: The time it took the users to orie...

Seamless Pedestrian Positioning and Navigation Using Landmarks

MEMS Based Pedestrian Navigation System

In this paper we present a micro-electrical mechanical system (MEMS) based pedestrian navigation system (PNS) for seamless positioning. The sub-algorithms for the PNS are developed and the positioning performance is enhanced using the modified receding horizon Kalman finite impulse response filter (MRHKF). The PNS consists of a biaxial accelerometer and a biaxial magnetic compass mounted on a s...

Real Time Pedestrian Navigation System

This paper presents a real time pedestrian navigation system that combines different type of GPS receivers (namely High Sensitivity GPS and Assisted GPS) with several low-cost inertial sensors to face GPS outages and provide a reliable and continuous position solution. The off-the-shelf inertial module from Xsens is made of several low-cost MEMS type sensors contained in a very small package (5...

Wearable Tactile Display of Landmarks and Direction for Pedestrian Navigation: A User Survey and Evaluation

This research investigates representation techniques for spatial and related information in the design of tactile displays for pedestrian navigation systems. The paper reports on a user survey that identified and categorized landmarks used in pedestrian navigation in the urban context. The results show commonalities of landmark use in urban spaces worldwide. The survey results were then used in...