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Coarse in-building localization with smartphones

  • Avinash Parnandi
  • , Ken Le
  • , Pradeep Vaghela
  • , Aalaya Kolli
  • , Karthik Dantu
  • , Sameera Poduri
  • , Gaurav S. Sukhatme
  • University of Southern California

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Abstract

Geographic location of a person is important contextual information that can be used in a variety of scenarios like disaster relief, directional assistance, context-based advertisements, etc. GPS provides accurate localization outdoors but is not useful inside buildings. We propose an coarse indoor localization approach that exploits the ubiquity of smart phones with embedded sensors. GPS is used to find the building in which the user is present. The Accelerometers are used to recognize the user's dynamic activities (going up or down stairs or an elevator) to determine his/her location within the building. We demonstrate the ability to estimate the floor-level of a user. We compare two techniques for activity classification, one is naive Bayes classifier and the other is based on dynamic time warping. The design and implementation of a localization application on the HTC G1 platform running Google Android is also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobile Computing, Applications, and Services - First International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Pages343-354
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event1st International ICST Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2009, Held in Conjunction with the 1st Workshop on Innovative Mobile User Interactivity, WIMUI - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Oct 26 2009Oct 29 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume35 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference1st International ICST Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2009, Held in Conjunction with the 1st Workshop on Innovative Mobile User Interactivity, WIMUI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period10/26/0910/29/09

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