As an intern at Qualcomm, Bader Alahmad worked on Indoor Map Technology and Indoor Localization. During his internship, he developed an indoor map solution that can pinpoint the location of assets inside a building.
Bader received high praise from his mentor, An Chen, Senior Director of Engineering at Qualcomm, “Bader is one of the best interns I have seen in terms of raw talent. He has the ability to take a very complex and vague problem and develop an innovative solution.” The Franklin Antonio Scholarship is given to an intern working in The Office of the Chief Scientist who exhibits stellar performance.
The indoor localization and mapping technology Bader worked on is part of an asset tracking system. The goal of project is to keep track of every single asset of a company to prevent theft and detect loss. Once assets are tagged electronically, by using clever algorithms, the location of an asset can be determined at a very fine scale, not only within a room; an asset can be localized to furniture or containers within the room.
By leveraging Google Maps technology Bader can integrate indoor maps with outdoor maps. The floor plan of buildings can be integrated with the outdoor mapping platform provided by Google to allow for a uniform user experience, including seamless navigation between building floors or rooms and the outside world. Indoor maps can be drawn to the exact scale of the real floor dimensions. The exact location of electronically tagged objects can be shown graphically on the map, along with meta-information about the object. When searching for a particular asset the map automatically zooms into the building, floor and room where the item is located. Moreover, bread crumbs, as the asset moves, are shown on the map in real-time. Live video can be displayed in the map in locations where cameras have been installed. There is also the possibility to interact with electronically controlled equipment from the map itself.
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