London, May 16 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a navigation system, which works indoors, to guide shoppers through the winding corridors of large shopping centres and complexes.
The 'shop nav' system turns smartphones into miniature guides that leads users to the outlet they need via the quickest route.
The system downloads three dimensional plans via the internet and then 'guides' the shoppers to their destinations inside shopping malls
Engineers leading the project have been funded by the German government. The team has designed an interior GPS-style system that can be operated from an everyday smart phone.
It can also work 'on the go' by scanning a QR code on the front entrance of a shopping mall or other building.
QR codes, the small, square boxes of barcode-style patterns, have become increasingly popular way for companies to put out promotional information or a competition.
The results are of the technology are yet to be demonstrated at a technology fair and exhibition, in Germany, later this month which will unveil a tiny navigator chip the size of a fingernail. (ANI)
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