Global positioning systems like GPS or the future European Galileo are influencing the
world of navigation tremendously. Today, everybody is concerned with navigation even if …

End of life is an unfortunate but inevitable phase of the heart failure patients' journey. It is often
preceded by a stage in the progression of heart failure defined as advanced heart failure, …

Outdoor Augmented Reality typically requires tracking in unprepared environments. For
global registration, Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the best sensing technology, …

Since state-of-the-art smartphones do usually not comprise barometers, ubiquitous 3D
indoor positioning requires a compensation of the missing height information. A pedestrian …

For blind people it is very difficult to orientate in an urban area. Especially in an unknown
environment they cannot move independently and need the help of a sighted person. With the …

Blue force tracking represents an essential task in the field of military applications. A blue
force tracking system provides the location information of their own forces on a map to …

A highly accurate and highly reliable navigation solution is essential for many applications
like autonomous driving, augmented reality, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The key …

A navigation system for visually impaired people has to take into account the special
requirements of these users. Within this group, there is also need for a customizable man-machine …

Within the research project LOBSTER, a system for analyzing the behavior of escaping
groups of people in crisis situations within public buildings to support first responders is …

More than 3% of the world's population are visually impaired. An approach was taken to
create an infrastructure-independent, smartphone-based navigation application, which can be …