Design of Continuous Indoor Navigation System Based on INS and Wifi

Abstract:

The application of navigation, such as guidance of pedestrians, requires a certain accuracy of continuous outdoor and indoor positioning. In outdoor environments GPS system has proved to be effective. However in indoor it is challenging to control the accuracy within 2 to 3 meters. At present several approaches have been developed for indoor positioning, such as RFID. But they are mainly been implemented in professional areas, for general user such as tourists and visual incapable users it is difficult to take advantage of these technologies because of the high price of terminal and the navigation service covered area is extremely limited. In this paper, a new approach of indoor navigation method is proposed to solve the problems of traditional methods. It is based on INS and wifi positioning technology. As hardware, wifi receiver, smart phone built-in accelerometer and digital compass are selected and investigated. User’s indoor position is first estimated by dead reckoning method with INS navigation system and then be recalibrated by wifi position information. Several experiments performed in the test verified the effectiveness of this indoor continuous positioning method described in this paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 303-306)
• Pages: 2046-2049
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.303-306.2046
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Yi Hu, Lei Sheng, Shan Jun Zhang
• Keywords: Accelerometer, Continuous, Digital Compass, Indoor Navigation, Inertial Navigation System (INS), Wi-Fi

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