METHOD FOR INDOOR HUMAN POSITION TRACKING USING MULTIPLE DEPTH SENSORS

Algirdas  Dobrovolskis; Doc. Audronė Janavičiutė; Prof. Doc. Egidijus  Kazanavičius; Doc. Agnius  Liutkevičius

doi:10.53555/eijse.v4i1.155

Authors

Algirdas Dobrovolskis Real time computer systems centre, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Doc. Audronė Janavičiutė Real time computer systems centre, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Prof. Doc. Egidijus Kazanavičius Real time computer systems centre, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Doc. Agnius Liutkevičius Real time computer systems centre, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/eijse.v4i1.155

Keywords:

indoor positioning, depth camera, Kinect sensor, method for multiple depth sensors

Abstract

In this article a positioning method for covering room area was proposed. Multiple Kinect depth sensors were used to work around narrow field of view of one Kinect sensor and cover the room area to prevent blind spots. Affine transformation was used to convert coordinates of the Kinect sensors to the coordinates of the room. Indoor human tracking application was developed in research. During application testing, average aggregated error of 15cm was determined.

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