• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.1162-1179
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose indoor location tracking method using RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indicator) value received from BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) beacon. Due to the influence of various external environmental factors, it is very difficult to improve the accuracy in indoor location tracking. In order to solve this problem, we propose a novel method of reducing the noise generated in the external environment by using a double Gaussian filter. In addition, the value of the RSSI signal generated in the BLE beacon is different for each device. In this study, we propose a method to allocate additional weights in order to compensate the intensity of signal generated in each device. This makes it possible to improve the accuracy of indoor location tracking using beacons. The experiment results show that the proposed method effectively decrease the RSSI deviation and increase location accuracy. In order to verify the usefulness of this study, we compared the Kalman filter algorithm which is widely used in signal processing. We further performed additional experiments for application area for indoor location service and find that the proposed scheme is useful for BLE-based indoor location service.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.643-644
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• 2018

Recently indoor and outdoor location tracking systems are operated in different ways. The indoor positioning method uses WiFi and BLE beacon positioning, and the outdoor positioning uses GPS and PDR. In this paper, it is a device to measure position by using it. It is used to check whether it is indoors or outdoors when measuring based on a smart phone, A automatic conversion method is needed. When using GPS in the room, it is difficult to distinguish the floor or space. We propose a method to solve this problem.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.82-88
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• 2017

Emergency lights and exit signs are an indispensable part of safety precautions for effective evacuation in case of emergency in public buildings. These emergency sign indicates safe escape routes and emergency doors, using an internationally recognizable sign. However visibility of those signs drops drastically in case of emergency situations like fire smoke, etc. and loss of visibility causes serious problems for safety evacuation. This paper propose a novel emergency light and exit sign built-in with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon to assist the emergency self-guiding evacuation using devices for crisis and emergency management to avoid panic condition inside the buildings. In this approach, the emergency light and exit sign with the BLE beacons deployed in the indoor environments and the smart devices detect their indoor positions, direction to move, and next exit sign position from beacon messages and interact with map server in the Internet / Intranet over the available LTE and/or Wi-Fi network connectivity. The map server generate an optimal emergency exit path according to the nearest emergency exit based on a novel graph generation method for less route computation for each smart device. All emergency exit path data interfaces among three system components, the emergency exit signs, map server, and smart devices, have been defined for modular implementation of our emergency evacuation system. The proposed exit sign experimental system has been deployed and evaluated in real-time building environment thoroughly and gives a good evidence that the modular design of the proposed exit sign system and a novel approach to compute emergency exit path route based on the BLE beacon message, map server, and smart devices is competitive and viable.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.223-234
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• 2017

The audible pedestrian signal (APS) is an add-on device which connects to the pedestrian signaling device and informs the contents and changes of the signaling by sound. It provides walking direction information of the pedestrian crossing so that the blind people can safely cross the pedestrian crossing. In an intersection where a plurality of audible pedestrian signal (APS) are installed at an intersection crosswalk, existing audible pedestrian signal (APS) operate simultaneously in the communication radius of a wireless remote controller, which may cause confusion for the blind people and the public may complain about the noise. In this paper, we developed a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)-based audible pedestrian signal (APS) system capable of supporting two-way communications with a smart-phone that can cross the intersection safely and improve the walking comfort and traffic safety for the blind people. The proposed method is a method in which the BLE beacon communication based audible pedestrian signal (APS) presents active service to the blind people, and the existing audible pedestrian signal (APS) is a way of requesting the passive service by the blind people with the wireless remote control by the unidirectional communication based on 358Mhz. The developed system is installed in the crossroad of Doma-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, and it is tested and operated by the blind people. The satisfaction evaluation and analysis of the audible pedestrian signal (APS) for the blind people have good results and are planned to be expanded in the future.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.1197-1209
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• 2016

As Indoor Positioning System demands due to increased penetration and utilization of smart device, Indoor Positioning System using Wi-Fi or BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) beacon takes center stage. In this paper, a terminal location of the user is calculated through Microscopic Trilateration using RSSI based on BLE. In the next step, a fingerprinting map appling approximate value of Microscopic Trilateration increases an efficiency of computation amount and energy for Indoor Positioning System. I suggest Indoor Positioning Algorithm based on BLE fingerprinting considering efficiency of energy by conducting precise Trilateration that assure user's terminal position by using AP(Access Point) surrounding targeted fingerprinting cells. And This paper shows experiment and result based on An Suggesting Algorithm in comparison with a fingerprinting based on BLE and Wi-Fi that be used for Indoor Positioning System.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.326-327
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• 2017

저전력 블루투스가 공개 된 이후 저전력 블루투스 비콘을 이용한 서비스들이 출시되고 있다. 비콘 기반 서비스는 사용자의 스마트폰이 블루투스 기능을 활성화해두었을 때, 일정한 주기의 블루투스 스캐닝을 통해 이용할 수 있다. 블루투스 비콘이 밀집된 실내 공간의 경우, 동일한 비콘이 중복 탐지되거나 사용자가 사용하지 않을 먼 거리의 비콘까지 탐지하게 되므로 스마트폰에서 불필요한 에너지 소모가 발생한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 본 연구에서는 실내 구획화를 통해 동일 영역 내에서 비콘이 중복으로 탐지되는 것을 방지하는 방법과, 사용자 이동성에 따른 동적 스캐닝 주기 최적화를 통해 밀집된 실내 공간에서도 누락되는 비콘 신호를 최소로 하는 기법을 제안한다. 이러한 사용자 이동성에 기반한 스캐닝 주기 최적화 방법은 스마트폰의 전력소모량을 감소시킨다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.1941-1948
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• 2016

The incident during commuting to school happened frequently in these days, such that the government announced the student commuting safety policy for addressing to implement the safety management system of the unsafer school commuting zone. In this paper, a commuting tracking system is proposed that notifies the location of vehicles and the boarding status of student using BLE beacon and smart phone GPS function. The commuting tracking system that gets the data from the system server of driver's smart phone GPS location and UUID of the beacon which had provided students has configured to provide notifications to parents and related administrators. It provides real-time information about whether a student boarding, boarding times and bus locations for parents and administrators. It verifies the disembarking time for each student and also provides to driver to secure if any student tries to board the wrong school bus and if any students is left behind in the bus.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.437-440
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• 2015

대학 강의의 출석정보는 학생들의 강의 참여 상태를 확인하여 성적부여뿐만 아니라 학생들의 태도를 파악하기 위한 중요한 자료로 활용된다. 따라서 교수는 매 강의시간 출석확인을 통하여 학생들의 강의참여도를 파악하고, 이를 평가에 활용하고 있다. 대부분의 출석확인은 교수의 수작업에 의존하고 있기 때문에 강의시간 중 일부를 할애하여 처리하고 있으며, 이 시간동안은 강의내용과 관련된 활동이 거의 이루어지기 힘들다. 이러한 문제를 개선하여 강의의 질을 향상시키기 위해 자동 출석체크가 가능한 시스템을 도입하는 대학교가 최근 늘어나고 있다. 그러나 기존의 시스템은 출석관리를 위해서 도입되어야 하는 단말기, ID 카드 등의 초기 도입비용이 매우 큰 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 자동 출석체크가 가능할 뿐만 아니라 시스템의 초기 도입 비용을 줄이기 위해서 비콘 기반의 스마트 출석관리 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 제안된 시스템은 학생들이 소지하고 있는 스마트폰을 출석체크에 활용함으로써 강의실에 설치된 비콘 이외에 추가적인 단말기나 ID 카드 등이 필요하지 않다. 또한, 강의실에 부착된 비콘과 스마트폰 간에 BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) 통신을 통하여 출석정보를 자동으로 수집하고 실시간으로 파악하도록 함으로써 강의의 질을 높일 수 있도록 하였다.

• Healthcare Informatics Research
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.387-393
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• 2018

Objectives: This paper describes an experience of implementing seamless service trials online and offline by adopting Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on near-field communication (NFC) tags and Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons. The services were provided for both patients and health professionals. Methods: The pilot services were implemented to enhance healthcare service quality, improve patient safety, and provide an effective business process to health professionals in a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. The services to enhance healthcare service quality include healing tours, cancer information/education, psychological assessments, indoor navigation, and exercise volume checking. The services to improve patient safety are monitoring of high-risk inpatients and delivery of real-time health information in emergency situations. In addition, the services to provide an effective business process to health professionals include surveys and web services for patient management. Results: Considering the sustainability of the pilot services, we decided to pause navigation and patient monitoring services until the interference problem could be completely resolved because beacon signal interference significantly influences the quality of services. On the other hand, we had to continue to provide new wearable beacons to high-risk patients because of hygiene issues, so the cost increased over time and was much higher than expected. Conclusions: To make the smart connected hospital services sustainable, technical feasibility (e.g., beacon signal interference), economic feasibility (e.g., continuous provision of new necklace beacons), and organizational commitment and support (e.g., renewal of new alternative medical devices and infrastructure) are required.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.21-29
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• 2016

Indoor location system has been used Wi-Fi to get a location. After the development of BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy), the interest in the method of a indoor positioning had been move on. It has more advantages than using Wi-Fi. Easy installation, low power consumption, low signal interference and changeable setting(Advertising interval, tx power, etc.). These things can improve efficiency or accuracy in a indoor positioning system. For this reason, recent indoor positioning system uses BLE rather than Wi-Fi. Accordingly, error factors of BLE beacon based indoor positioning should be studying for high accuracy of indoor positioning. In this research, set up few experiment scenarios and keep a close watch on how technological, environmental factor is affecting positioning accuracy. When a application uses largest signal strength to get the indoor location, the mean error of experimental results was decreased compare to using received signal strength in real-time. The result was same when the application applied average and standard deviation to get the indoor location. Changing advertising interval had an effect on the mean error of indoor positioning. Short advertising interval makes the lower mean error than large advertising interval.