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Interactive Positioning Based on Object Visibility

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a new method and user interface for interactive positioning of a mobile device. The key element of this method is a question-answer style dialogue between system and user about the visibility of nearby objects and landmarks; answers given by the user provide clues about the relative position of the user and allow the verification or falsification of hypotheses about the userrsquos absolute location. This new approach combines the respective strengths of a human user (i. e. fast and reliable object recognition) and a mobile system (i. e. fast computation of numerical data). It enables accurate positioning without requiring any other positioning technologies. A particular advantage of this approach is that it lends itself to the implementation on camera-equipped mobile phones, where it can be used to increase the accuracy of cell-based localisation methods.


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Author(s): Kray C, Kortuem G

Editor(s): Brewster, S., Dunlop, M.

Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

Publication status: Published

Conference Name: 6th International Symposium on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI)

Year of Conference: 2004

Pages: 276-287

ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online)

Publisher: Springer

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28637-0_24

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-28637-0_24

Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item

Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

ISBN: 9783540230861


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