indoor navigation - a solution to last mile problem

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A Solution to Last Mile Problem

Ranga Vangipuram

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Last Mile ProblemLast Mile ScenariosWhat is Indoor Navigation?Indoor Navigation FeaturesTechnology StackMapping TechnologiesNavigation TechnologiesPositioning TechnologiesImplementation

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Outdoor Outdoor navigation anywhere around the world has become seamless and accurate - thanks to online maps and GPS technology which have matured over the last 2 decades. It has ensured a perfect door-to-door navigation

Indoor Last leg of the journey where user have problems navigating, due to absence of map and directions can be called as Last Mile Problem is Navigation world

Last Mile Problem

Hospitals• Help patients find labs / doctor rooms• Help hospital staff to locate Mobile equipments• Provide shortest path for patients and doctors

during Emergency situations• Suggest a personalized sequence of rooms to visit

for each patient based on their medical needs

Airports• Locate gates, duty free shops and check-in

counters• Provide walking distance and time for Point-Of-

Interest (check-in counter)• Provide traveler’s location for Product delivery

at any spot inside airport• Suggest a personalized sequence of location

to visit for each traveler based on their travel

needs

Last Mile Scenarios

Warehouses• Provide Shortest Path for forklift operators to move goods quickly with reduced fuel• Identify location of all forklifts in warehouse on a real-time basis• Avoid accidents by proximity sensors• Gather information on frequently travelled path, to optimize forklift movement

Enterprises• People finder – help visitors locate the person

they plan to meet• Locate and navigate to conference rooms• Find printers, water coolers and cafeterias• Remember your parking

Last Mile Scenarios

Hotels• Identify rooms• Preview window views of rooms• Help guest choose their room based on proximity to certain amenities• Identify facilities and tariffs• Help guests with Emergency exit during crisis

Retail• Shortest path to the aisles containing the

mechanize shoppers are looking for• In-store offers based on the aisle / Section

they are currently shopping• E-checkout• Find cafeterias, restrooms and other

amenities.

Last Mile Scenarios

Future Scenarios

• Robots are good in turn-by-turn navigation, but do not carry maps and routes

• By connecting them with Indoor Navigation server, we provide them access to navigational information

• This Integration will free-up robot’s resources used in Navigation algorithm which can be used for more important tasks of the robot

• This would help deployment of Robots into any building without any pre-configuration or setup time

Integration with Robots

• Location aware sensors• Needed for layout and deployment of

sensors• Manage and maintain IOT infrastructure• Record and maintaining physical distance

between sensors to plan for communication• Helps to switch to nearest device during

failover scenarios

Integration with IOT

What is Indoor Navigation?• It is a Technology Framework

providing Location services for Indoor scenarios.

• It can fit seamlessly into any large buildings – Airports, Hospitals, Retail Stores, Office Buildings, etc.

• It is a 4-layered framework, providing flexibility to grow in an incremental manner.

Needed in every Ecosystem

ANALYTICS

Indoor NavigationFeatures

Indoor location information Customized feed - building information / office news / local weather

Location Based Features

Find the fastest way around complicated indoor environments using turn by turn navigation Handles multi-level locations / indoor to outdoor combinations Search for other employees, view profile and navigate Handles scenarios like interconnected buildings between floors

Search and Navigate

Find amenities like restrooms, cafeterias, printers and water coolers.

Navigate to nearest amenity in the shortest possible path Identify parking spots and remember your parking slot

Amenities

Emergency Evacuation Find the closest emergency exit during any crisis Trigger evacuation through any Crisis Management

platform

Social Media Identify friends who are in the building at that instance TAG comments on Points Of Interest - Like

Share Location Send your current location in the building to other contacts Recipient user can then navigate to your current location

Technology Stack

MappingConversion of building drawings to maps, plotting pathways,

identifying Point Of Interest

NavigationNavigation Algorithms aiding

in calculating the shortest path between two points on

the map

Positioning & TrackingTechnology to detect the location of

a particular user and provide tracking and dynamic navigation.

Application LayerApplications that consumes the services provided by Indoor

Navigator.Interactive Layer

Multi level UI component that provides interactive content for Point Of Interest

Point Of Interest

• Mapping tool allows the admin to mark the navigable paths through the floor / buildings.

• Provides flexibility to have different categories of path – one for visitors, one for authorized personal and one for fire-fighters and emergency crews

Allowable Path

Mapping Tools allows the users to create Place marks and Routing details on the maps. It allows building administrators to Plot and Organize appropriate map data in a user friendly manner

• Point of Interest like conference rooms, elevators are marked and labeled

• Icons for amenities like printers, water-coolers are inserted

• Attributes of individual objects are linked to their infrastructure support database.

Mapping

• Convert the floor plan images into format suitable for device rendering

• Identify the details to be attached at different zoom-levels

Map Creation

• Navigation system uses shortest path algorithms to find the shortest path between the source and destination.

• After calculating the shortest path, it is rendered on the map in an interactive manner• Navigation provides multiple options – climb through the staircase or use the elevator• Ability to create an integrated outdoor-to-indoor path, provides a seamless experience• Provides different levels of access controls to different categories of users

Navigation

• Apple iOS Core Location framework combines Outdoor and Indoor user position detection capability• Core Location leverage Wi-Fi technology to compute user position• Core Location framework provides automatic detection of whether user is located Outdoors(GPS) or Indoors(Wi-Fi)• Apple A8 processor and M7 motion sensor adds optimization to accuracy of computed user position• Existing Wi-Fi infrastructure shall be reused without additional infrastructure• RF survey tools are available from Apple to record fingerprint

Apple Indoor Location

Positioning Techniques

•iBeacon is Apple's implementation of Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) wireless technology to create a different way of providing location-based services• It is a small wireless sensor that emits bluetooth signals, which can be used for geofencing• Machine Learning algorithms combine the Received signal Strength information together with bluetooth fingerprint of the floor, to arrive at the position of the Mobile device

Apple iBeacon


•Cisco MSE is a platform that helps to detect user location and provide location based mobile services enabled through Wi-Fi•User get connected to Cisco Access Points(AP) deployed at various locations on the floor•Wireless LAN Controller from Cisco tracks all mobile phones connected to AP and MSE is informed of the same•Indoor Navigation framework can be integrated to MSE that can pull the location info and render it on the floor map

Cisco Mobility Services Engine(MSE)


•Quick Response Code (QR Code) is a type of 2D Barcode which can hold location information of the place where it is displayed.• QR code scanner integrated in a Mobile Application can decode the location info and render the users position on the indoor map.

Positioning TechniquesQR Code

Interactive Layer

• This layer helps user to interact with Point-Of-Interest embedded in the map• These interactions are presented as a overlay above the maps at specific

location.• Multi level interactions can be plugged-in through admin tools• Static Text, Image, Hyperlinks, Rich Text and sub menus are some of the

interactive formats possible• Custom interactive definitions are possible where another application can be

launched from within the map, to achieve a specific task. Example : Indoor Navigator can launch another app to book conference rooms

Application Layer

• All the services of Indoor Navigator - Mapping, Navigation, Positioning and Interactions are exposed as Web Services that can be consumed by Application Layer with local cache / event handling

• Indoor Navigator is agnostic of the Application Layer platform and delivers all its services as web-view (HTML5). This helps in having one common SDK for all platforms – iOS, Android, Desktop, Laptop, Kiosk, etc.

• This SDK approach has helped Indoor Navigator being used in diverse Application like, Conference Room Booking, Trouble Ticketing, Emergency Evacuation, etc.

End User Devices

Indoor Positioning System Hardware

Custom Indoor Location Service

& Interaction Engine

Mapping Engine

One Time Floor/Site Marking Per Plan

Indoor Marker AdminFloor & Site Plans Floor Marker Server

Digitized FloorPlans

DatabaseIndoor Positioning service

Floor plan rendering and indoor navigational service

Runtime

Indoor Position Event Interceptor

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