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Indoor Position Estimation Using Stereo Image Sensor and LEDs

스테레오 이미지 센서와 LED 조명을 이용한 실내 측위

  • Moon, Myoung-Geun (Chonnam National University, School of Electronics and Computer Engineering) ;
  • Choi, Su-Il (Chonnam National University, School of Electronics and Computer Engineering)
  • Received : 2014.07.22
  • Accepted : 2014.10.07
  • Published : 2014.11.28
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Abstract

In recent year, along with the rapid development of LED technology, many applications using LEDs with Visible Light Communication(VLC) have been researched. Since it is easy to provide LOS communication environment along with cheap deployment cost, the indoor positioning system based on VLC has been actively studied. In this paper, we propose an accurate indoor positioning algorithm using a stereo image sensor and white-light LEDs with the visible light communication. Indoor white-light LEDs are located at the ceiling of a room and broadcast their position information by VLC technology. Mobile receiver with stereo image sensor receives LED position information by VLC and estimates its position and angle information. Simulation results are given to show the efficiency of proposed indoor positioning algorithm.

가시광 통신(VLC, Visible Lighting Communication) 시스템은 백색광 LED(Light Emitting Diode)와 스위칭 구동 회로를 이용한 변조 기법을 사용하여 조명 기능과 무선 디지털 통신 기능을 동시에 수행할 수 있는 차세대 통신 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 가시광 통신이 가능한 백색광 LED와 스테레오 이미지 센서를 이용한 실내 측위 알고리즘을 제안한다. 실내의 천장에 있는 백색광 LED는 자신의 위치 정보를 브로드캐스트하고, 이동체는 스테레오 이미지 센서에 맺히는 상과 전달받은 정보를 이용하여 이동체의 3차원 위치정보와 방위각을 구한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 3차원 위치정보를 기존의 방안들과 비교하였다. 더불어, 제안한 알고리즘의 방위각 오차 특성을 분석하였다.

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