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The Design and Implementation of an Indoor Navigation System using Beacon Signal

비컨 신호를 이용한 실내 경로 안내 시스템의 설계 및 구현

  • 김동현 (동서대학교 컴퓨터공학부) ;
  • 김상연 (동서대학교 컴퓨터공학부) ;
  • 윤주현 (동서대학교 컴퓨터공학부) ;
  • 반재훈 (고신대학교 IT경영학과)
  • Received : 2016.10.27
  • Accepted : 2017.02.24
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

As the structure of a construction, such as a building and a shopping mall, becomes more wide and complex, it is difficult for an user to find out a path to a desginated destination. However, since the existing navigation systems exploit the Global Positioning System in order to measure a current position, it is impossible to be used on the indoor environment. To solve this problem, we propose an indoor navigation system using beacon signal. The proposed system connects to a pre-installed beacon exploiting bluetooth on the user's smartphone. After receiving the data of the beacon, the system generates and displays a path based on the destination which the user put on and the current position measured by the beacon's data. The implemented indoor navigation system has the benefit to show the path to the destination easily at the complex indoor structure.

건축 기술의 발전에 따라 건축물이 대형화되고 실내 구조가 복잡해지고 있기 때문에 사용자가 목적지까지 이동하기 위한 경로를 파악하기 어려워지고 있다. 그러나 기존의 경로 안내 시스템은 GPS를 사용하기 때문에 실내에서 사용하기 어려운 문제가 있다. 이 논문에서는 이를 해결하기 위하여 비컨을 이용한 실내 경로 안내 시스템을 제안한다. 제안한 시스템은 사용자의 스마트폰에서 블루투스를 이용하여 기 설치되어 있는 비컨에 접속한다. 그리고 수신된 비컨의 데이터를 이용하여 현재 위치를 파악하고 목적지까지 경로를 생성한 다음에 사용자에게 안내한다. 구현된 시스템은 복잡한 실내에서 사용자가 쉽게 목적지까지 이동할 수 있는 경로를 안내할 수 있는 장점이 있다.

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