Urban positioning using smartphone-based imaging

Deyvid Kochanov, Stephan Jonas, Nader Hamadeh, Ercan Yalvac, Hans Slijp, Thomas M. Deserno

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Abstract

Orientation and navigation in a world dominated by visual signs is still a major problem for blind and visually impaired people. The Global Positioning System is of limited use due to its inaccuracy particularly in urban environments. Therefore, we propose a novel approach of precise localization on predefined routes with the help of smartphones and image processing techniques. From an initial acquisition of a given route, a three-dimensional reconstruction is created. A query image is submitted to the database and the location and direction of the camera are calculated. Here, we demonstrate our approach on a evaluationdataset with a mean positioning error of 5.51 meters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBildverarbeitung fur die Medizin 2014
Subtitle of host publicationAlgorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, Proceedings des Workshops
EditorsHans-Peter Meinzer, Heinz Handels, Thomas Martin Deserno, Thomas Tolxdorff
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
Pages186-191
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783642541100
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
EventWorkshops Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin: Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, BVM 2014 - Workshop on Image Processing for Medicine: Algorithms - Systems - Applications, BVM 2014 - Aachen, Germany
Duration: 16 Mar 201418 Mar 2014

Publication series

NameInformatik aktuell
ISSN (Print)1431-472X

Conference

ConferenceWorkshops Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin: Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, BVM 2014 - Workshop on Image Processing for Medicine: Algorithms - Systems - Applications, BVM 2014
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityAachen
Period16/03/1418/03/14

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