Table 1 Comparison between the attributes of several position obtaining techniques
From: Determining device position through minimal user input
Obstruction tolerant | Quick | Accurate | Inexpensive | Not encumbering | |
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Technology | |||||
RFID [10] | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | |||
Infra-red [12] | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | |||
Visible light [13] | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | ||
Fiducials [14] | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | ||
User input | |||||
Direct measurement | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | |