ALBIGen - A Framework to Create Managed and Distributed Digital Signage Systems Based on Laravel and iBeacons

Abstract

Digital Signage Systems represent an important interface between human and machine in public institutions. By distributing services in IoT environments, dynamically generated and personalized content can be displayed. However, currently existing Digital Signage Systems are usually proprietary and difficult to maintain and administer. Furthermore, such systems require the installation and configuration of an application on the client side, which can lead to high costs for deployment and administration. This article describes a framework architecture for creating such systems, based on free and standardized technologies. The focus is on distributed and web-based communication of the components. By using the MVC-Framework Laravel to create a basic system and the extension by plugins, a platform independence, maintainability and extensibility is made possible. In the proposed architecture, external interaction mechanisms such as voice control, location-based services via iBeacons and bidirectional server-client connections are added to the basic system. The framework enables the creation of personalized Digital Signage Systems and connects them with Internet of Things components, such as sensors and actuators.

Contributors

Christian Roschke

Rico Thomanek

Robert Manthey

Maik Benndorf

Marc Ritter

Conference

Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-5

Affiliations

Hochschule Mittweida

Technikumplatz 17

09648 Mittweida

Germany

Chemnitz University of Technology

Straße der Nationen 62

09111 Chemnitz

Germany

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.110

Copyright statement: © Roschke et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018. Belfast, UK.

License:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

Product

Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.110

Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/

Categories

Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing