Enhancing Localization Accuracy of Indoor Occupancy Tracking Using Optical Camera Communication and Human Pose Estimation

Precise location of personnel indoors is one of the crucial prerequisite of data analytics of workforce productivity as well as workplace safety and health. In this paper, we propose an enhanced indoor occupancy tracking system using optical camera communication (OCC) on top of conventional surveillance cam-eras. The proposed system is able to track workers who carry unique infrared LED beacons indoor. OCC with infrared beacons is adopted for identity check, while the localization accuracy is enhanced using deep-learning-based human pose estimation to infer the footfall location. Particularly, a comprehensive footfall estimation algorithm empowered by deep-learning-based human pose estimation is presented, which provides precise footfall estimation considering real-time actions of person and occlusion patterns. In order to validate the accuracy improvement, The experiment is conducted in an open lab with area of about 30 m
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using single surveillance camera sensors. According to the experimental results, the localization accuracy is improved by 9.36% on average and 44.19% at far end, in comparison with conventional methods.