Object Tracking Using Wi-Fi Based Location Estimation System

Takashi MIYAKI  Toshihiko YAMASAKI  Kiyoharu AIZAWA 

Publication
D - Abstracts of IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems (Japanese Edition)  Vol.J90-D  No.7  pp.1712-1713
Publication Date: 2007/07/01
Online ISSN: 1881-0225
Print ISSN: 1880-4535
Type of Manuscript: Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Picture Coding and Image Media)
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Keyword: 
object trackingsensor fusionwireless LANlocation estimation

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Summary: 
We propose a sensor fusion approach for robust object tracking in a distributed camera environment. In our approach, we employed Wi-Fi based location estimation using wave strength from multiple Wi-Fi access points. Then, object tracking is conducted using particle filters using the location estimation results as supplementary information.