Authors
Akihiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Hashimoto, Kiyohiro Urata, Yu Tanigawa, Tetsuya
Nagaie, Toshitaka Maki, Toshihiko Wakahara, Akihisa Kodate, Toru Kobayashi,
Noboru Sonehara
Corresponding Author
Akihiro Yamaguchi
Available Online 1 December 2017.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.3.7
Keywords
Tourism promotion, IoT, Bluetooth beacon, Stamp rally, Cloud service, Local
community cooperation
Abstract
In this study, we propose a system that provides tourist information and
obtains trends of visiting tourists using beacons and cloud service. As
part of our research, we are working on the promotion of local area tourism
in cooperation with a local community. A low energy Bluetooth device is
used as a beacon to transmit a universally unique identifier. In addition,
beacons are placed at sightseeing spots and tourist facilities. Our proposed
system comprises two application programs; one is a client-side application
program that provides area-specific tourist information corresponding to
the detected beacon. The other is a server-side application to record time
and location information of the detected beacons. In this paper, we describe
the scheme of our system, and present the results of experiments conducted
using the prototype system in the local tourist area. In addition, we discuss
an open platform for information collection services using beacons.
Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).