Characterization of Various Environmental Influences on the Inductive Localization

In this paper, the influence of the environment on an inductive location system is analyzed. In the inductive location method, high frequency magnetic fields generated by planar coils lead to induction in other coils, which is used for localization analysis. Magnetic fields are not affected by changes in the dielectric properties of the environment, which is an advantage over other localization methods. However, electrical material parameters can still affect the localization results by indirect effects. For this reason, in this publication the influence will be investigated using real material parameters and their effects on the localization will be considered, so that the robustness and the limits of the inductive localization can be evaluated.