TagRadar: locating objects using a smart phone accessory
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Abstract
TagRadar is a smart phone accessory that helps users to locate objects with radio frequency tags. We employ a directional antenna and combine signal strength readings with headings obtained from the compass of the smart phone. While scanning a space by waving the smart phone, the aggregated data is presented on an on-screen polar graph that dynamically reveals the most likely heading of the target object. A user test showed that users favor TagRadar and that it is both faster and has a higher accuracy compared to using only signal strength.
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September 2015
1626 pages
ISBN:9781450335751
DOI:10.1145/2800835
- General Chairs:
- Kenji Mase,
- Marc Langheinrich,
- Daniel Gatica-Perez,
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- Hans Gellersen,
- Tanzeem Choudhury,
- Koji Yatani
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