A multi-user location-awareness system

Author

Iqbal, Rahat ; James, Anne ; Poreda, Witold ; Black, John

Author_Institution

Department of Computing and the Digital Environment, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 April 2010

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

58

Abstract

An important aspect of Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) is augmenting people and environments with computational resources which provide information and services unobtrusively whenever and wherever required. In line with the vision of UbiComp, we have developed a multi-user location-awareness system by following a user-centred design and evaluation method. In this paper we discuss the development of such a system that allows users to share informative feedback about their current geographical location. The proposed system can be used by various users, for example family members, relatives or a group of friends, in order to share the information related to their locations and to interact with each other. It is intended that this type of system in the future will become a typical part of the Smart Home environment.

Keywords

Computer vision; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Intelligent sensors; Personal digital assistants; Pervasive computing; Probes; Sensor systems; Smart homes; Ubiquitous computing; Focus group; Global Positioning System (GPS); Interviews; Location awareness; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2010 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai, China

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6763-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2010.5472001

Filename

5472001