GpsTunes

Strachan, Steven; Eslambolchilar, Parisa; Murray-Smith, Roderick; Hughes, Stephen A.; O’Modhrain, Sile

doi:10.1145/1085777.1085831

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“…This system guides the user to a pre-defined location using song volume panning to indicate bearing to the target and general volume level adjustment to indicate the distance to the target. The reported user behavior from user tests in [11] is similar to our observations from user tests with PING! application.…”

Section: Related Worksupporting

confidence: 81%

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Navigating by audio-based probing and fuzzy routing

Polojärvi

Saloranta

Riekki

2013

Proceedings of International Conference on Making Sense of Converging Media

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In this paper, we present a navigation application, PING!, with a unique combination of characteristics. First, a user can study her/his environment by probing, or sweeping the phone horizontally, upon which points of interest in the pointed directions are indicated with audio feedback. Second, PING! utilizes fuzzy routing. Turn-by-turn instructions are not given and maps are not shown. Instead, the direction of the target is indicated with a simple arrow and binaural audio and the user is free to decide the exact path to take based on this direction information and the environment surrounding her/him. The application, realized in Android devices, was tested in field tests that verified the feasibility of the application concept and revealed directions for further improvement.

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Section: Related Worksupporting

confidence: 81%

“…The gpsTunes prototype [11] combines an mp3 player implemented on a PocketPC with an external navigation module. This system guides the user to a pre-defined location using song volume panning to indicate bearing to the target and general volume level adjustment to indicate the distance to the target.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigating by audio-based probing and fuzzy routing

Polojärvi

Saloranta

Riekki

2013

Proceedings of International Conference on Making Sense of Converging Media

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“…Work on music based guidance includes gpsTunes [8], where initial testing of a prototypical system had shown that it was possible to allow users to navigate in the real world, using a combined Audio/GPS player to aid navigation. Similarly Etter et al [1] describe, Melodious Walkabout, which again utilises a users music to guide them to their desired location.…”

Section: Location-aware Audiomentioning

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“…As an example application of our density probing system we developed a trajectory following application which follows naturally from the gpsTunes system described in [8,10]. It is designed to guide a user along a desired trajectory using audio and vibrotactile feedback via their mobile device, be that a PDA, music player or mobile phone.…”

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Strachan

Williamson

Murray-Smith

2007

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We demonstrate the use of uncertain prediction in a system for pedestrian navigation via audio with a combination of Global Positioning System data, a music player, inertial sensing, magnetic bearing data and Monte Carlo sampling for a density following task, where a listener's music is modulated according to the changing predictions of user position with respect to a target density, in this case a trajectory or path. We show that this system enables eyes-free navigation around set trajectories or paths unfamiliar to the user and demonstrate that the system may be used effectively for varying trajectory width and context.

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“…Portable devices such as smart phones and portable music players have also come to be used as methods of navigation [1] [2]. Since such cues are provided indirectly, they require processes: the pedestrian can behave appropriately on the basis of a cue only after the cue is obtained and its meaning interpreted.…”

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"Vection field" for pedestrian traffic control

Furukawa

Yoshikawa

Hachisu

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the 2nd Augmented Human International Conference

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Visual signs and audio cues are commonly used for pedestrian control in the field of general traffic research. Because pedestrians need to first acquire and then recognize such cues, time delays invariably occur between cognition and action. To better cope with this issue of delays, wearable devices have been proposed to control pedestrians more intuitively. However, the attaching and removing of the devices can be cumbersome and impractical. In this study, we propose a new visual navigation method for pedestrians using a "Vection Field" in which the optical flow is presented on the ground. The optical flow is presented using a lenticular lens, a passive optical element that generates a visual stimulus based on a pedestrian's movement without an electrical power supply. In this paper we present a design for the fundamental visual stimulus and evaluate the principle of our proposed method for directional navigation. Results revealed that the optical-flow of a stripe and random-dot pattern displaced pedestrian pathways significantly, and that implementation with a lenticular lens is feasible.

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GpsTunes

Cited by 85 publications

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Navigating by audio-based probing and fuzzy routing

Navigating by audio-based probing and fuzzy routing

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"Vection field" for pedestrian traffic control

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