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Indoor localization based on passive electric field sensing

Abstract
The ability to perform accurate indoor positioning opens a wide range of opportunities, including smart home applications and location-based services. Smart floors are a well-established technology to enable marker-free indoor localization within an instrumented environment. Typically, they are based on pressure sensors or varieties of capacitive sensing. These systems, however, are often hard to deploy as mechanical or electrical features are required below the surface. They might also have a limited range or not be compatible with different floor materials. In this paper, we present a novel indoor positioning system using an uncommon form of passive electric field sensing, which detects the change in body electric potential during movement. It is easy to install by deploying a grid of passive wires underneath any non-conductive floor surface. The proposed architecture achieves a high position accuracy and an excellent spatial resolution. In our evaluation, we measure a mean positioning error of only 12.7 cm. The proposed system also combines the advantages of very low power consumption, easy installation, easy maintenance, and the preservation of privacy.
Author(s)
Fu, Biying
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Kirchbuchner, Florian
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Wilmsdorff, Julian von
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Große-Puppendahl, Tobias
Microsoft Research, UK
Braun, Andreas
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
Kuijper, Arjan
Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD
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Ambient Intelligence. 13th European Conference, AmI 2017
Konferenz
European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) 2017
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10.1007/978-3-319-56997-0_5
Language
Englisch
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  • indoor localization s...

  • electric field sensin...

  • sensor technology

  • Lead Topic: Individua...

  • Lead Topic: Smart Cit...

  • Research Line: Comput...

  • Research Line: Human ...

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