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Model-based interpretation of floor vibrations for indoor occupant tracking

Drira, Slah  
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Reuland, Yves  
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Smith, Ian F. C.  
July 3, 2019
Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering
26th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering

Information regarding occupant flows inside buildings is beneficial for applications such as thermal-load control, market research and security enhancement. Existing methodologies for occupant tracking involve data-driven techniques that rely either on radio-frequency devices, optical sensors or vibration sensors. Such data-driven techniques suffer from ambiguous interpretations, especially in presence of obstructions and varying floor rigidities. In this contribution, an occupanttracking strategy using footstep-induced vibrations is outlined. The goal is to incorporate information from physics-based models in the interpretation of vibration measurements. Using error-domain model falsification (EDMF) a single occupant is localized using the vibrations resulting from footstep impacts and using various shoe types. EDMF is a multiple-model approach that provides a set of candidate locations from an initial population of possible footstep locations. Model responses that contradict footstep-induced vibration measurements are rejected through incorporating several sources of uncertainty from measurements and modeling. Occupant-trajectory identification is then performed based on the candidate-location set for each detected footstep using a sequential analysis that combines information from consecutive footsteps. A full-scale case study is used to evaluate the methodology. Model-based occupant tracking that includes structural information and takes into account systematic errors and model bias has the potential to identify accurately single occupant locations in a full-scale structure.

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