BlueCompass: A Case Study of an In-Building Hospital Information and Navigation System

An in-building hospital information and navigation system called BlueCompass is designed and developed as a mobile application in this work. BlueCompass aims to provide a path finding and information of each service unit of Songklanagarind Hospital which is a case study hospital in this work. QR code and Bluetooth beacon technologies are utilized for pinpointing the user and the service unit locations. The path finding feature provide four results including the overall path as a text, the overall path as a map similar to the Google Map Direction option, the voice and the augmented reality option. To achieve the sustainability of the system, BlueCompass also allows its information to be maintained and updated via a web interface. Even though BlueCompass is designed specifically for Songklanagarind Hospital, the idea can be used for other area.