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A common problem that visitors have to face in big buildings,
with several floors, corridors and departments, is their accurate
location and orientation. The problem gets even worst when
there are a big number of users and they have time constraints.
A typical example is a medical centre where the patients have
got scheduled doctor’s appointments and, in some cases, severe
movement difficulties. A possibility for solving this problem is
to provide the building with an intelligent system for user
detection and orientation. In addition, this strategy would allow
to find and locate all the people inside the building and to carry
out an individual search if it were necessary. This is the
framework we have chosen in this article. We have developed a
complete hardware and software system for people detection,
location and orientation in this scenario. The hardware part of
the system is based on the RFID technology and it has been
successfully implemented in a fully operational prototype. The
software uses artificial intelligence techniques, specifically
planning and scheduling.
