A Real Time Indoor Navigation And Monitoring System For Firefighters And Visually Impaired, Siddhesh R. Gandhi

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

ABSTRACT

A REAL TIME INDOOR NAVIGATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

MAY 2011

SIDDHESH RAJAN GANDHI

M.S. E.C.E, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

Directed by: Professor Aura Ganz

There has been a widespread growth of technology in almost every facet of day to day life. But there are still important application areas in which technology advancements have not been implemented in a cost effective and user friendly manner. Such applications which we will address in this proposal include: 1) indoor localization and navigation of firefighters during rescue operations and 2) indoor localization and navigation for the blind and …