Project description
Safer signage for transport stations
Signage at metro and other transport stations is crucial for user safety and smooth operations. For this reason, authorities are driven to adopt novel solutions for better signage. Current solutions include visual and voice media that provide static information through display systems. Unfortunately, these systems lack efficient responses to emergencies, where they might point to the closest instead of safer exits, are inefficient for disabled people and often cannot be personalised, leading to possible confusion. The EU-funded IMPAGUIDE, by Implaser, aims to change that by introducing its Bluetooth low-energy beacon-based signage technology. Their solution offers smart localisation and guidance features and bypasses the language barrier using comprehensible pictograms.
Objective
ImplaGuide aims to revolutionize human interaction with signage in metro and public transport stations through a fully autonomous technology, based on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon devices, offering smart localization and guidance services.
At the moment, passenger information display systems in public transport stations include visual and voice media which provide static and real time information. However, guidance in emergency cases and services dedicated to disabled people still lack efficiency, as the existing solutions are not able to offer personalized guidance (in case of an evacuation emergency people is directed to the closest exit and not the safest one). Moreover, they are electricity dependent and mobile coverage is needed (in cases of relevant mobile apps providing live information) which can be an issue in various underground stations in the world.
ImplaGuide is a smart, autonomous, safety signage system, which creates an accessible environment and provides enhanced guidance for secure evacuation to all public transport users in case of an emergency. It also constitutes an advanced monitoring tool to facilitate the working environment for all metro and public station professionals. Our system uses BLE beacon technology, where each beacon chip is embedded into a specialized emergency exit sign, transmitting data to the station’s control center and to each user through an easy-to-use mobile app based on pictogram technology to eliminate the language barrier. Our technology is bi-directional – user can both receive/send information – and dynamic. On top of that, it is the most cost-effective option (45%) compared to existing signage solutions.
Implaser is an expert SME in security signage, with a strong team of 51 specialists and its own facilities in Zaragoza. Through this project, we aim to create €15.59M revenues in the fifth year of commercialization. With a Phase 2 investment of €1.65M we aim to generate a ROI of 3.61 and create 20 new jobs.
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- engineering and technology civil engineering urban engineering smart cities
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications radio technology bluetooth
- social sciences social geography transport public transport
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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50172 ZARAGOZA
Spain
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