Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enhanced indoor navigation framework for seniors

One of the most challenging limitations for the elderly and/or the visually impaired people is the inability of self-navigation in unfamiliar indoor environments. Numerous existing indoor navigation systems have been proposed in order to solve such problems. However, these papers do not adequately examine the effectiveness of the systems in real time trials and are faced with a variety of technical and usability problems. In our paper, we present a unique and elegant architecture of an indoor navigation system as an integrated and tested system in real time. This solution enables the localization of the user, as well as the navigation, considering scenarios that the user might follow and suggests guidelines for self-navigation.