Indoor position tracking and detection system

Abstract

This project serves the need to automatically identify and track the location of objects and people in usually within a building or other contained area. The development and implementation of the Accelerometer Sensors are playing the key role in this indoor tracking system, and the results obtained will be displayed on the monitor using a suitable Graphical User Interface. This project is an alternative to GPS and is able to measure the position of the person inside a building. With this scheme, the accuracy of positioning can be dramatically improved, especially in offices and closed areas. Preliminary results show that this idea is feasible. System designs must take into account that at least three independent measurements are needed to unambiguously find a location. For smoothing to compensate for stochastic (unpredictable) errors there must be a sound method for reducing the error budget significantly.