Promoting the Use of Accessible Mobile Technologies for the Workplace Way finding Technologies

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1 Promoting the Use of Accessible Mobile Technologies for the Workplace Way finding Technologies John Sanchez, Research Architect, IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center June 2014

2 Accessible Location Services Agenda Overview What is Accessible Location Services? What is the Access My Campus mobile app? What is the architecture enabling the app? What is the land marking workflow? Indoor navigation in action This presentation discusses IBM research activities and technology visions not necessarily complete products. There is no commitment or obligation on the part of IBM to develop or release components of the presentation in future IBM products Slide 2

3 Mobile Way Finding for All Accessible Location Services Navigating a workplace campus can be a challenge for everyone Accessible Location Services attempts to improve the workplace navigation experience for all by providing personalized answers to the following questions: Where am I? How do I get where I want to go based on my capabilities? Where are you? Help me! Slide 3

4 Why Mobile is Different? Anywhere access creates situational challenges for everyone Outside light Ambient noise Single hand Bumpy road Aging eyes Eyes busy Public places Slide 4

5 You - Personalization Successful workplace navigation needs to know about you Tailor the user interface Find points of interest and accommodations specific to your needs Provide routes based on your abilities Favorites points of interests and routes Enable others to be prepared if you need assistance Slide 5

6 Accessible Routes Defines what the requirements are and why Doors and Doorways Protruding Objects Controls and Operable Parts Accessible Routes between Stories Slide 6

7 Accessible Transportation Defines data schemas which enables location-based information services and applications: Mainstream/Para transit Municipal Infrastructure & point of interest Information Points of Interest on route to and from the workplace Hotels & Lodgings Restaurants Disability Services Organizations or Centers Health Care Services Slide 7

8 The Physical Environments Outdoor and indoor navigation what are the challenges? Mobile devices can navigate outdoors using GPS How can we navigate indoors successfully where GPS is not available? By leveraging several land-marking techniques: Wi-Fi Bluetooth/Low-Powered NFC Image recognition Slide 8

9 Live Data Incorporating the now into navigation from social media Can we harvest the large amounts of disjoint data and put it in the context of where you are and what you are trying to do? Obstacles Alerts Crowds Emergencies Slide 9

10 Events Introduce another layer of complexity Event overlay design introduces dynamic locations Cause situational impairments (many people, noise) Time is relevant because of event schedules Transient data but may be useful for future events Social media is relevant Slide 10

11 What is Access My Campus? A mobile workplace campus guide Tailor-able for any campus Locates relevant points of interest Provides real-time indoor directions (audible, visually) Creates routes based on your capabilities Wi-Fi Land-marking is used to determine your location Slide 11

12 Architecture What is the architecture enabling the app? Workplace Campus Transportation Events City GPS, NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. for Land marking Accessible Location Services Mobile App Data Collection Workplace navigation Where am I? Where are you? Help me! Alternate Formats POI s Official Public Private External Data Accessible Route Definitions Points of Interest Social Analytics Location Accessibility Data You Accessible Transportation Landmark Data Slide 12 Crowd-Sourced Data Management

13 The Location Mapping Workflow Use the Access My Campus app to create a series of points of interest. The app uses Wi-Fi signals to landmark each location. Points of interest data is stored on a server and can be classified as Official, Public, Private Slide 13

14 Indoor Navigation In Action This application can aid visually impaired people by audibly indicating: The direction they are heading The point of interest that they occupy Slide 14

15 Eddie Interview What Eddie had to say As long as I've been here, I didn't know that there was a room down there called "Barton Springs" room. I didn't know that that was where the "Long Horn" room was Having something like that that can take me there then that would be a great thing Slide 15