Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication
As a promising approach to implement indoor positioning, visible light positioning (VLP) based on optical camera communication (OCC) image sensor has attracted substantial attention. However, the decoding schemes of existing VLP systems still face many challenges. First, the transmission channel bet...
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| author | Hongzhan Song Shangsheng Wen Chen Yang Danlan Yuan Weipeng Guan |
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| description | As a promising approach to implement indoor positioning, visible light positioning (VLP) based on optical camera communication (OCC) image sensor has attracted substantial attention. However, the decoding schemes of existing VLP systems still face many challenges. First, the transmission channel between transmitters and receivers can be easily affected by environmental changes, resulting in poor thresholding performance. Second, the inherently unsynchronized air transmission channel issue remains a big obstacle for decoding data. The above two problems limit the application of VLP systems, where various mobile devices are used as receivers and the properties of transmission channel are constantly changing with the movement of receivers. In this paper, a universal and effective decoding scheme named pixel-to-bit calculation (PBC) decoding algorithm for VLP systems is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. It includes a Staged Threshold Scheme which provides excellent thresholding performance for different transmission channel conditions, as well as a Synchronous Decoding Operation to automatically synchronize the clock between transmitters and receivers. A decoding rate of 95.62% at the height of 2.73 m is realized in a practical Robotic-based VLP system embedded with our proposed PBC decoding scheme. In addition, experimental results show that the average decoding rate of the proposed PBC decoding scheme reaches 99.9% when applying different transmitters and receivers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-295565061f0f49dfa97a12730a30742b2023-11-22T07:24:37ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922021-08-011016192510.3390/electronics10161925Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera CommunicationHongzhan Song0Shangsheng Wen1Chen Yang2Danlan Yuan3Weipeng Guan4School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaSchool of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaAs a promising approach to implement indoor positioning, visible light positioning (VLP) based on optical camera communication (OCC) image sensor has attracted substantial attention. However, the decoding schemes of existing VLP systems still face many challenges. First, the transmission channel between transmitters and receivers can be easily affected by environmental changes, resulting in poor thresholding performance. Second, the inherently unsynchronized air transmission channel issue remains a big obstacle for decoding data. The above two problems limit the application of VLP systems, where various mobile devices are used as receivers and the properties of transmission channel are constantly changing with the movement of receivers. In this paper, a universal and effective decoding scheme named pixel-to-bit calculation (PBC) decoding algorithm for VLP systems is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. It includes a Staged Threshold Scheme which provides excellent thresholding performance for different transmission channel conditions, as well as a Synchronous Decoding Operation to automatically synchronize the clock between transmitters and receivers. A decoding rate of 95.62% at the height of 2.73 m is realized in a practical Robotic-based VLP system embedded with our proposed PBC decoding scheme. In addition, experimental results show that the average decoding rate of the proposed PBC decoding scheme reaches 99.9% when applying different transmitters and receivers.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/16/1925visible light positioningCMOS image sensordecoding schemecamera communicationrolling shutter effect |
| spellingShingle | Hongzhan Song Shangsheng Wen Chen Yang Danlan Yuan Weipeng Guan Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication Electronics visible light positioning CMOS image sensor decoding scheme camera communication rolling shutter effect |
| title | Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication |
| title_full | Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication |
| title_fullStr | Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication |
| title_short | Universal and Effective Decoding Scheme for Visible Light Positioning Based on Optical Camera Communication |
| title_sort | universal and effective decoding scheme for visible light positioning based on optical camera communication |
| topic | visible light positioning CMOS image sensor decoding scheme camera communication rolling shutter effect |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/16/1925 |
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