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BLE-based Indoor Positioning System design using Neural Network

신경망을 이용한 BLE 기반 실내 측위 시스템 설계

  • Shin, Kwang-Seong (Department of Digital Contents Engineering, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lee, Heekwon (Department of Information & Communication Engineering Department, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Youm, Sungkwan (Department of Information & Communication Engineering Department, Wonkwang University)
  • Received : 2020.11.19
  • Accepted : 2020.12.23
  • Published : 2021.01.31
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Abstract

Positioning technology is performing important functions in augmented reality, smart factory, and autonomous driving. Among the positioning techniques, the positioning method using beacons has been considered a challenging task due to the deviation of the RSSI value. In this study, the position of a moving object is predicted by training a neural network that takes the RSSI value of the receiver as an input and the distance as the target value. To do this, the measured distance versus RSSI was collected. A neural network was introduced to create synthetic data from the collected actual data. Based on this neural network, the RSSI value versus distance was predicted. The real value of RSSI was obtained as a neural network for generating synthetic data, and based on this value, the coordinates of the object were estimated by learning a neural network that tracks the location of a terminal in a virtual environment.

측위 기술은 증강현실, 스마트 팩토리, 자율주행 등에서 중요한 기능을 수행하고 있다. 측위 기술 중에서 비콘을 이용한 측위 방법은 RSSI(Receiver Signal Strength Indicator) 값의 편차로 인하여 도전적인 과제로 여겨져 왔다. 본 논문에서는 수신기의 RSSI 값을 입력으로 하고 거리를 목표 값으로 하는 신경망을 학습시켜서 이동하는 객체에 대한 위치를 예측하였다. 이를 수행하기 위해 RSSI 대비 거리 실측값을 수집하였다. 수집한 데이터로 합성 데이터를 만들기 위한 신경망을 도입하였다. 이 신경망을 바탕으로 거리 대비 RSSI 값을 예측하였다. 합성 데이터를 바탕으로 가상으로 좌표계를 구성하여 객체의 위치를 예측하였다. 합성 데이터를 생성하기 위한 신경망으로 RSSI의 표준편차는 구하였고 이 값을 기반으로 가상환경에서 단말의 위치를 추적하는 신경망을 학습시켜 객체의 좌표를 추정하였다.

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