SitusCall: Location-Based Mobile Communication for Group Calls and Human Augmentation
| Autor: | Takashi Yokogawa, Hiroaki Tobita, Masaaki Ano, Masaaki Matsumoto, Wei Zhu, Ayumu Tanaka, Jun Zang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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SIMPLE (military communications protocol)
Computer science business.industry Information sharing 05 social sciences 020207 software engineering 02 engineering and technology Beacon Email address Human–computer interaction Communication in small groups Telephone number 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Global Positioning System 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Mobile telephony business 050107 human factors |
| Zdroj: | ICT-DM |
| Popis: | We introduce SitusCall, a new system that enhances group communication in emergencies quickly. The sytem allows users to communicate face-to-face with location information through a smartphone. To detect a user's position, the system employs GPS and several beacons, and any nearby user can simply select certain other users to initiate communication. Thus, it does not require personal authentication information, such as an email address or a telephone number. Also, SitusCall affords communication with a flexible streaming layout. The system provides several predefined layouts for face-to-face communication from which users can select to communicate with other connected users. Yet our approach is so simple and direct that it is useful for emergency cases. For example, if a person wants to announce evacuation information (e.g., about dangerous places or conditions) to other people nearby, he or she can simply select icons and connect with those people instantly and share information with them. In this paper, we describe SitusCall in terms of its design, implementation, evaluation, and applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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