Development of a Zoo Walk Navigation System using the Positional Measurement Technology and the Wireless Communication Technology



Tomoyuki Ishida1+, Yuki Shinotsuka1, Misaki Iyobea1, Noriki Uchida2, Kaoru Sugita2,
and Yoshitaka Shibata3 

 

1Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan
{tomoyuki.ishida.49, 12t4036h, 16nm705a}@vc.ibaraki.ac.jp

 

2Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan 

n-uchida@fit.ac.jp, sugita@fit.ac.jp

 

3Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan
shibata@iwate-pu.ac.jp



Abstract

In this article, we propose and evaluate a Zoo Walk Navigation System consistings of the Animal Contents Registering and Editing Web Management System and the Animal Contents Browsing and Acquiring Smartphone Application. The Animal Contents Registering and Editing Web Management System for zoo staff enables to register/edit various animal contents. Thereby, this web management system provides real-time and flesh zoo information to the Animal Contents Browsing and Acquiring Smartphone Application. On the other hand, the Animal Contents Browsing and Acquiring Smartphone Application for zoo visitors enables to browse various animal contents which zoo staff registered through the Animal Contents Registering and Editing Web Management System. The Animal Contents Browsing and Acquiring Smartphone Application has the animal guide browsing function, the animal quiz function, the beacon notification browsing function, the zoo map navigating function, and the AR camera function. Zoo visitors can enjoy a zoo park using this smartphone application. This system is the new type navigation system which zoo staff can renew contents to avoid contents obsolescence. And, this system always provides new information to zoo visitors in real time by the beacon notification function.

 

Keywords: Zoological Garden, Position Information Measuring System, Wireless Signal Information, Notification Technology, Walk Navigation System, Augmented Reality

+: Corresponding author: Tomoyuki Ishida
4121 Nakanarusawacho, Hitachi, Ibaraki, 3168511, Japan, Tel: +81-294385138

 

Journal of Internet Services and Information Security (JISIS), 6(4): 65-84, November 2016 [pdf]