Article in Proceedings INPROC-2007-72

BibliographyEissele, Mike; Ertl, Thomas: Mobile Navigation and Augmentation utilizing Real-World Text.
In: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2007, Workshop on Nomadic and Wearable Computing 2007.
University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems).
english.
-, November 2007.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaI.3 (Computer Graphics)
Abstract

Mobile, smart devices are already available in everyday life. Most of them offer a rich feature set, including camera, GPS antenna, or even WIFI modules. Navigation software utilizing GPS to acquire location data became very popular on these mobile clients. However, due to hardware restrictions GPS positioning cannot be used for indoor scenarios. In contrast, this paper is focused on navigation for indoor environments targeting on a low-cost solution, without the requirement of additional hardware installations or markers inside buildings. A server-based optical character recognition service is used to map images containing unique text passages – acquired with a mobile client – to additional meta data, e.g. locations or orientation. We also show that augmented-reality methods can be used to provide an intuitive presentation and interaction system by overlying real- world images with additional informa-tion like navigation symbols or internet hyperlinks.

Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Visualisation and Interactive Systems, Visualisation and Interactive Systems
Project(s)SFB-627, C5 (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Visualisation and Interactive Systems, Visualisation and Interactive Systems)
Entry dateJanuary 18, 2008
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