Indoor Positioning Systems
Like GPS, Indoor Positioning System is used to locate a person or an object inside a facility. Nowadays, it is widely employed in many businesses to exactly locate the moving assets or person. GPS is not suitable for interior facilities because there is no visual contact with the GPS satellite. There are various types of technology is used in IPS like WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy BLE, Ultra Wide Band and Passive RFID positioning system. IPS has broad applications in the retail, military. In the marketplace there are many commercial systems are available. The installations are tailored as per spatial dimensions, accuracy, building materials, and budget.
There is plenty of usefulness of Indoor Positioning Systems in our lives:
It makes the shopping easy
While visiting a shopping mall, it is sometimes overwhelming to find a particular shop inside. If you have IPS, it is quite easier for you to reach your destination. Hence, it also saves your time as you can directly reach the shop. Indoor wayfinding becomes easier with the IPS.
Beneficial in the Hospital
Indoor navigation is very helpful for the doctors, patients, and employees of the hospitals. Sometimes, due to similar construction of wards, it becomes difficult for the patients to find their ward. IPS helps them to reach their ward easily. Also, the doctors can reach their patients quickly as the situation is already time-sensitive. Even hospital employees are sometimes challenged to find out the equipment they require. Therefore, with the use of the Indoor Navigation System, it is also easier for them to locate an object.
Insights
With an indoor navigation system, there is the possibility of heat mapping. Hence you can see how people are interacting around your venue. This provides you with a fair idea about your layout and what steps should be taken to increases sales. A wireless indoor positioning system provides you with real-time insights and data that are very helpful to understand how customers are interacting and where they are spending more time inside a facility.
UbiTrack is a renowned integrated multi-dimensional indoor positioning solution featuring accuracy, flexibility, and low cost. The system enables access to many functions like high-speed camera linkage, tracking playback, real-time positioning, electronic fence alarm, and others. These systems are equipped with technical functions such as up to 10 cm, easy to use, low latency, easy to integrate, Open API, and lower power consumption. UbiTrack also offers VM Hardware Version to their customers.
