Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project

We have finished this experiment in 2005. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Ueno Zoo provides an enjoyable animal guide service using the ubiquitous ID technology.
The information terminal to be used in this service is lent out for free every day except the regular holiday (Monday).
This service is based on the results of the "Ueno Town Navi Experiments," conducted in 2005 as part of the "Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project."

Using a Ubiquitous Communicator (UC) experimental mobile terminal, or an electric cart equipped with a UC, access information on your current location and sightseeing spots, and navigate your way around. After taking a tour of Ueno Park and Ueno Zoo, participants will be asked to complete a user survey.
The entire tour will take about 2 hours.

The results of the Ueno E-Navigation Experiment will be used in the standardization of technological specifications for individual component technologies and in the combination of such technologies. These results will be used in association with the results from the Free Mobility Project, which is being carried out by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The Ueno E-Navigation Experiment will determine user needs for the purpose of tourism and commercial promotion, and study the creation of systems to encourage the greater use of pervasive computing toward the goal of creating a "ubiquitous technology city."

* Ubiquitous•••
An English word derived from Latin, which means “being present everywhere.

Participants will walk around Ueno Park and Ueno Zoo with a UC, which can read about 300 IC tags and wireless markers installed at the experiment site. Using the UC to read the ucode at each set location, participants will be able to receive information on tourist sights and to navigate their way around.

Information on temples, shrines, art museums, tourist sites and animals will make walking around the area enjoyable. Participants will be able to use GPS (Global Positioning System) to make their way around the site.

* IC tag•••
A tag with an antenna connected to an ultra-small IC (integrated circuit), which allows non-contact data communication

*ucode•••
A ucode is a "one and only number" (unique ID) that is assigned to every single physical object and location in order to identify it. Using the server located at the Ubiquitous ID Center, which functions like a telephone directory, databases on the network can be accessed using the ucode to call up various information and services.

Executive office of experiment for "Tokyo Ubiquitous Technology Project"
(c/o Japan Institute of Construction Engineering)
3-12-1, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 Japan