Grant: Engage Grants Program
University of Prince Edward Island
$25,000.00
A Cost-Effective Indoor Tracking System
EF 2013-14
Résumé
ViTRAK Systems Inc. is a federally incorporated company headquartered in Charlottetown, PEI. The ViTRAKSensor Floor Gait Analysis System, branded ""Stepscan"", comprises various configurations of electronicallyinteractive tiles similar in size and thickness to simple flooring tiles. It has been tested that the Stepscan systemcan accurately track moving objects, such as human beings and animals, in an indoor environment. Differentthan the existing indoor tracking products, which tend to be low-precision systems and thus only give us someidea of the movement pattern, the Stepscan system can achieve high-precision indoor tracking. Despite theeffectiveness of the Stepscan system in terms of tracking precision, it is not a cost-effective approach becausethe floor of the indoor environment has to be fully covered by Stepscan tiles and the cost of each tile isrelatively high. In this project, we attempt to propose a high-precision indoor tracking system that integratesRFID and Stepscan tiles to reduce the overall system cost without seriously sacrificing the precision.
Programme
Engage Grants Program
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
453822-2013
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
2013
Competition year année de concours
2013
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
805
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Communications technologies (satellites, radar, etc.)
Area of application fr
Technologie des télécommunications (satellites, radar,etc.)
Research subject code
2525
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject en
Wireless communication systems
Research subject fr
Systèmes de télécommunications sans fil
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
A Cost-Effective Indoor Tracking System
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
ViTRAK Systems Inc. is a federally incorporated company headquartered in Charlottetown, PEI. The ViTRAKSensor Floor Gait Analysis System, branded ""Stepscan"", comprises various configurations of electronicallyinteractive tiles similar in size and thickness to simple flooring tiles. It has been tested that the Stepscan systemcan accurately track moving objects, such as human beings and animals, in an indoor environment. Differentthan the existing indoor tracking products, which tend to be low-precision systems and thus only give us someidea of the movement pattern, the Stepscan system can achieve high-precision indoor tracking. Despite theeffectiveness of the Stepscan system in terms of tracking precision, it is not a cost-effective approach becausethe floor of the indoor environment has to be fully covered by Stepscan tiles and the cost of each tile isrelatively high. In this project, we attempt to propose a high-precision indoor tracking system that integratesRFID and Stepscan tiles to reduce the overall system cost without seriously sacrificing the precision.
