Personalized Museum e-Guide at Chao Sam Phraya National Museum

La-Or Kovavisaruchla-or.kovavisaruch@nectec.or.th

National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)THAILAND

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Outline

Introduction Conceptual Framework Proposed Prototype Summary

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Introduction

• Thailand is the home of 2 UNESCO heritage sites: Ayudhaya and Sukhothai

• Only few Thai are interested in visit Museum or this historical sites

• Boring presentation is the main reason• Appropriate technology adoptation in

museum could benefit both visitor and the museum itself

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Conceptual Framework

• Improving visitor’s experience– Museum Accessibility: Age Difference, Disability,

Culture– Museum Immersion: e-Learning, electronic

navigation

• Scope– Status: Prototype– Standard: Data specification – Scale: National Database Linkage

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Conceptual Framework Phase 1

Pilot project on Chao Sam praya Museum at Ayudhaya province

Visitor wireless audio guide Phase 2

Mobile device as a museum guide Design data structure for the inter-operate between

Museum Phase 3

Interconnect information among Museums in Thailand

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Reception

Registration

Visitor profiling

LAN

USB

Audio cablessound

User Headset(Wireless Receiver)

Wireless Transmitter

ExternalSound Mixers

Control Application Host

Main Database

LAN

Tag

ReaderStaff

Statistic

System design

Technology: Hardware

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RFID – Radio Frequency Identification uses radio waves to identify physical objects

No line of sight required Long read range

Applications including tracking, traceability, logistic, access control, transportation, etc.

Wireless audio communication Portable and easy to use

Technology: Software

Web service Provide the interface contact from user to system

as well as other system Data based

Design to collect both artifact and the visitor information

Contents Develop content for visitor (children, adult,

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General info

System interface

Artifact data

Computer

Main display

Visitor ‘s data table

Database

Tx

Tag registration

Artifact’s data table

Signal

RFID system

Reader

BluetoothDistribute tag& B

Image& sound tableRx

Computer

Collect visitor infconnection

Multimedia Cont

Ethernet

Ethernet/RS-232

USBDBMS

BluetoothTX

Bluetooth

BluetoothRX

Register part

Visitor guide

Signal

RFID system

Reader

USB

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Wireless audioWireless audio

Wireless audioWireless audio

Web Service Structure

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Statistical information

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Statistical information

Chao sam praya Museum

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Summary

Personalized Museum e-Guide at Chao Sam Phraya National Museum Provide the new experience for the visitor Tracking visitor behavior to provide after service

Future work Interchange museum data between museum Develop content for variety of the visitor Mobile device

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Q & A

Thank you very much for your attendance

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