Wireless localization in buildings by smart tiles

Author

Mariotti, C. ; Orecchini, G. ; Virili, M. ; Alimenti, F. ; Roselli, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

28-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

11

Abstract

An innovative conception of indoor localization for human beings is proposed. A person, moving within a building can be localized and tracked by using a self-powered RFID system consisting of a nomadic reader interrogating an array of passive tags embedded in the floor tiles. The whole system is based on environmentally friendly technologies: the piezoelectric (PZT) based energy harvesting to power the hardware as well as the on-paper inkjet printing for the tag antenna.

Keywords

antennas; building management systems; energy harvesting; floors; indoor radio; piezoelectric transducers; radiofrequency identification; PZT energy harvesting; building; environmentally friendly technology; human being; indoor localization; nomadic reader interrogation array; on-paper inkjet printing; passive tag; piezoelectric energy harvesting; self-powered RFID system; smart floor tile; tag antenna; wireless localization; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Floors; Printing; Radiofrequency identification; Tiles; RFID; WAE; energy harvesting; localization system; on-paper inkjet printed electronics; piezoelectric materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Energy and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS), 2012 IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Perugia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2739-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EESMS.2012.6348398

Filename

6348398