Estimating indoor occupancy through low-cost BLE devices

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.03351v1
• Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:54:31 GMT
• Title: Estimating indoor occupancy through low-cost BLE devices
• Authors: Florenc Demrozi, Fabio Chiarani, Cristian Turetta, Philipp H. Kindt, and Graziano Pravadelli
• Abstract summary: This article presents a low-cost system for occupancy detection. It builds upon detecting variations in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals related to the presence of humans. On average, in different environments, we can correctly classify the occupancy with an accuracy of 97.97%.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Detecting the presence and estimating the number of subjects in an indoor environment has grown in importance recently. For example, the information if a room is unoccupied can be used for automatically switching off the light, air conditioning, and ventilation, thereby saving significant amounts of energy in public buildings. Most existing solutions rely on dedicated hardware installations, which involve presence sensors, video cameras, and carbon dioxide sensors. Unfortunately, such approaches are costly, subject to privacy concerns, have high computational requirements, and lack ubiquitousness. The work presented in this article addresses these limitations by proposing a low-cost system for occupancy detection. Our approach builds upon detecting variations in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals related to the presence of humans. The effectiveness of this approach is evaluated by performing comprehensive tests on 5 different datasets. We apply different pattern recognition models and compare our methodology with systems building upon IEEE 802.11 (WiFi). On average, in different environments, we can correctly classify the occupancy with an accuracy of 97.97\%. When estimating the number of people in a room, on average, the estimated number of subjects differs from the actual one by 0.32 persons. We conclude that the performance of our system is comparable to existing ones based on WiFi, while leading to a significantly reduced cost and installation effort. Hence, our approach makes occupancy detection practical for real-world deployments.

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