• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.369-379
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• 2022

In weighted k-nearest neighbor (WkNN)-based Fingerprinting positioning step, a process of comparing the requested positioning signal with signal information for each reference point stored in the fingerprint DB is performed. At this time, the higher the number of matched base station identifiers, the higher the possibility that the terminal exists in the corresponding location, and in fact, an additional weight is added to the location in proportion to the number of matching base stations. On the other hand, if the matching number of base stations is small, the selected candidate reference point has high dependence on the similarity value of the signal. But one problem arises here. The positioning signal can be compared with the repeater signal in the signal information stored on the DB, and the corresponding reference point can be selected as a candidate location. The selected reference point is likely to be an outlier, and if a certain weight is applied to the corresponding location, the error of the estimated location information increases. In order to solve this problem, this paper proposes a WkNN technique including an outlier removal function. To this end, it is first determined whether the repeater signal is included in the DB information of the matched base station. If the reference point for the repeater signal is selected as the candidate position, the reference position corresponding to the outlier is removed based on the clustering technique. The performance of the proposed technique is verified through data acquired in Seocho 1 and 2 dongs in Seoul.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.898-903
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose an indoor logistic tracking system that identifies the location and inventory of the logistics in the room based on fingerprints. Through this, we constructed the actual infrastructure of the logistics center and designed and implemented the logistics management system. The proposed system collects the signal strength through the location terminal and generates the signal map to locate the goods. The location terminal is composed of a UHF RFID reader and a wireless LAN card, reads the peripheral RFID signal and the signal of the wireless AP, and transmits it to the web server. The web server processes the signal received from the location terminal and stores it in the database, and the user uses the data to produce the signal map. The proposed system combines UHF RFID with existing fingerprinting method to improve performance in the environment of querying multiple objects.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.56 no.8
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• pp.1511-1513
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• 2007

A new reference point location method using the cosine component is proposed, where an edge map is defined and used to find the reference point. Because all processes used in the proposed method are performed at the block level, less processing time is required. Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively detect the reference point with higher speed and accuracy for all types of fingerprints.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.7B
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• pp.586-594
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• 2012

The drastic growth of mobile communication and spreading of smart phone make the significant attention on Location Based Service. The one of most important things for vitalization of LBS is the accurate estimating position for mobile object. Focusing on AP's probabilistic position estimation, we develop an AP distribution map and new pattern matching algorithm for position estimation. The developed approaches can strengthen the advantages of Radio fingerprint based Wi-Fi Positioning System, especiall on the algorithms and data handling. Compared on the existing approaches of fingerprint pattern matching algorithm, we achieve the comparable higher performance on both of average error of estimation and deviation of errors. Furthermore all fingerprint data have been harvested from the actual measurement of radio fingerprint of Seoul, Kangnam area. This can approve the practical usefulness of proposed methodology.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.269-275
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• 2012

In this paper, we proposed a novel location estimation algorithm based on the concept of space-time signature matching in a moving target environment. In contrast to previous fingerprint-based approaches that rely on received signal strength (RSS) information only, the proposed algorithm uses angle, delay, and RSS information from the received signal to form a signature, which in turn is utilized for location estimation. We evaluated the performance of the proposed algorithm in terms of the average probability of error and the average error distance as a function of target movement. Simulation results confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for location estimation even in moving target environment.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.2365-2370
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a motion and position recognition technique considering an experiential VR environment. Motion recognition attaches a plurality of AHRS devices to a body part and defines a coordinate system based on this. Based on the 9 axis motion information measured from each AHRS device, the user's motion is recognized and the motion angle is corrected by extracting the joint angle between the body segments. The location recognition extracts the walking information from the inertial sensor of the AHRS device, recognizes the relative position, and corrects the cumulative error using the BLE fingerprint. To realize the proposed motion and position recognition technique, AHRS-based position recognition and joint angle extraction test were performed. The average error of the position recognition test was 0.25m and the average error of the joint angle extraction test was $3.2^{\circ}$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.264-266
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• 2022

In order to apply the RNN model to the radio fingerprint-based indoor path generation technology, the data set must be continuous and sequential. However, Wi-Fi radio fingerprint data is not suitable as RNN data because continuity is not guaranteed as characteristic information about a specific location at the time of collection. Therefore, continuity information of sequential positions should be given. For this purpose, clustering is possible through classification of each region based on signal data. At this time, the continuity information between the clusters does not contain information on whether actual movement is possible due to the limitation of radio signals. Therefore, correlation information on whether movement between adjacent clusters is possible is required. In this paper, a deep learning network, a recurrent neural network (RNN) model, is used to predict the path of a moving object, and it reduces errors that may occur when predicting the path of an object by generating continuous location information for path generation in an indoor environment. We propose a method of giving correlation between clustering for generating an improved moving path that can avoid erroneous path prediction that cannot move on the predicted path.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.3657-3682
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• 2018

This paper presents a Bluetooth and pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR)-based indoor fusion localization approach (BtPDR) using smartphones. A Bluetooth and PDR-based indoor fusion localization approach can localize the initial position of a smartphone with the received signal strength (RSS) of Bluetooth. While a smartphone is moving, BtPDR can track its position by fusing the localization results of PDR and Bluetooth RSS. In addition, BtPDR can adaptively modify the parameters of PDR. The contributions of BtPDR include: a Bluetooth RSS-based Probabilistic Voting (BRPV) localization mechanism, a probabilistic voting-based Bluetooth RSS and PDR fusion method, and a heuristic search approach for reducing the complexity of BRPV. The experiment results in a real scene show that the average positioning error is < 2m, which is considered adequate for indoor location-based service applications. Moreover, compared to the traditional PDR method, BtPDR improves the location accuracy by 42.6%, on average. Compared to state-of-the-art Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) fingerprint + PDR-based fusion indoor localization approaches, BtPDR has better positioning accuracy and does not need the same offline workload as a fingerprint algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.355-357
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• 2022

In this paper, as a positioning technology for predicting the movement path of a moving object using a recurrent neural network (RNN) model, which is a deep learning network, in an indoor environment, continuous location information is used to predict the path of a moving vehicle within a local path. We propose a movement path generation technique that can reduce decision errors. In the case of an indoor environment where GPS information is not available, the data set must be continuous and sequential in order to apply the RNN model. However, Wi-Fi radio fingerprint data cannot be used as RNN data because continuity is not guaranteed as characteristic information about a specific location at the time of collection. Therefore, we propose a movement path generation technique for a vehicle moving a local path in an indoor environment by giving the necessary sequential location continuity to the RNN model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.286-292
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• 2008

RTLS 시스템은 이동 객체에 RTLS 태그를 부착한 후 태그에서 발산되는 신호를 이용하여 실시간으로 위치를 파악하는 시스템으로 최근 항만 물류 및 자산 관리 분야에서 객체의 실시간 위치를 파악하기 위해 활용되고 있다. RTLS 시스템은 태그의 위치를 측정하기 위해 삼각 측량 법이나, Proximity matching법을 사용한다. 삼각 측량법은 3개 이상의 리더에서 수신된 신호 세기나 신호의 도달 시간을 이용하여 삼각측량 방식으로 위치를 결정하는 알고리즘으로, 전파의 난반사나 장애물등에 민감하며, Proximity matching법은 위치 샘플링 값에 대한 근접성을 이용한 통계 정보를 바탕으로 하여 위치를 결정하는 알고리즘으로 위치 정확도를 높일 수 있으나, 샘플링 데이터 개수에 따라 정확도가 크게 변화하는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 위치 정보의 오차를 줄이기 위하여, Fingerprint 방식의 확률 모델에 TDOA 방식에서 사용되는 요소들을 혼합하여 확률에 의한 불확실성을 줄이고 더 높은 정확도의 위치 정보를 전달하는 위치 보정 기법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 2단계 위치 보정 기법은 먼저, Fingerprint 데이터 셋으로부터 현재 측정된 위치의 신호정보를 이용한 확률 모델을 적용하여 단 하나의 후보자를 결정한다. 둘째, 측정된 정보와 후보자 위치 정보를 기반으로 TDOA에서 사용하는 기하학적 위치 결정 방법을 변형한 알고리즘을 이용해 측정된 위치를 보정함으로써, TDOA 방식이나, Fingerprint 방식 둘 중 하나만 사용하는 것보다 향상된 위치의 정확도를 제공한다. 그리고 본 논문에서는 제안한 위치 보정 기법을 위한 위치 보정 모듈을 설계하였으며, RTLS 미들웨어에 이를 반영하여 구현하였다.