title: Indoor magnetic signature based localization algorithm without person-dependent parameter calibration.
abstract: Location-dependent differences of ambient magnetic fields inside a building can be used to estimate location. In this paper, an inertial/magnetic sensor is attached to a belt position and its location is estimated using the ambient magnetic field. The walking distance is estimated using the linear relationship between the walking step length and the maximum acceleration during the step. The magnetic field data during walking is compared with a pre-collected magnetic signature. In this process, calibration steps are required for two person-dependent parameters: the walking step length estimation parameter and the hard iron parameter. An adaptive algorithm is proposed, in which these person-dependent parameters are estimated in addition to the location. Thus no person-dependent parameter calibration process is required. Through experiments, it is shown that the location and parameters are estimated accurately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Namgu 680-749, Ulsan, Korea. yssuh@ulsan.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Young Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Namgu 680-749, Ulsan, Korea. amu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Baatardorj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amarbayasgalan
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000465:Algorithms; D002138:Calibration; D040362:Geographic Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D060328:Magnetic Phenomena; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology
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