Grant: Engage Grants Program
University of Prince Edward Island
$25,000.00
Integrating Third-party Bluetooth-enabled Devices into the Found System
FY 2015-16
Summary
EMCC is a company that has developed custom hardware for many different applications in varied fields such
as medical equipment, environmental pollution detection, and machinery control. EMCC is working on the
Found System, an innovative system that uses Bluetooth-enabled tags to provide low-cost and high-precision
localization services. With the current Found system, a proprietary Bluetooth tag is supposed to be attached to
an object that needs to be localized. However, many existing third-party devices, such as laptops and smart
phones, are inherently Bluetooth-enabled. Using the built-in Bluetooth module, instead of attaching another
Bluetooth tag to a Bluetooth-enabled device, is a more cost-efficient manner to locate the device. In this
project, we attempt to find an effective method to integrate third-party Bluetooth-enabled devices into the
current Found system.
Program
Engage Grants Program
Recipient
Location
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
478700-2015
Name nom
LeBlanc, David
Department département
Computer Science and Information Technology
Organization id
88
Institution établissement
University of Prince Edward Island
Province en
Prince Edward Island
Province fr
?le-du-Prince-Édouard
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1551
Committee name en
Atlantic Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour l'Atlantique
Area of application code
801
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Computer software
Area of application fr
Logiciel
Research subject code
2720
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Computer systems software
Research subject fr
Logiciel de systèmes informatiques
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Integrating Third-party Bluetooth-enabled Devices into the Found System
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
EMCC is a company that has developed custom hardware for many different applications in varied fields such
as medical equipment, environmental pollution detection, and machinery control. EMCC is working on the
Found System, an innovative system that uses Bluetooth-enabled tags to provide low-cost and high-precision
localization services. With the current Found system, a proprietary Bluetooth tag is supposed to be attached to
an object that needs to be localized. However, many existing third-party devices, such as laptops and smart
phones, are inherently Bluetooth-enabled. Using the built-in Bluetooth module, instead of attaching another
Bluetooth tag to a Bluetooth-enabled device, is a more cost-efficient manner to locate the device. In this
project, we attempt to find an effective method to integrate third-party Bluetooth-enabled devices into the
current Found system.
