Development of a Counting System Method for Managing Crowd Using Image Sensing Device

Counting of people and collecting good data is a major problem in every organization. Counting of people may be manual or automatic. In order to create an efficient counting system, this study focused on automatic counting system to sense, count and collect data using image sensing device technology. The image sensing device was able to sense, and count people. Also, adaptive algorithm was developed to ensure accurate counting for both indoor and outdoor counting. Background Subtraction is also considered for varying shadows and lighting conditions. This was done using MATLAB. Finally the method of image processing, gives good result of quick sensing, and rapid countin

A Review of Hybrid Indoor Positioning Systems Employing WLAN Fingerprinting and Image Processing

Location-based services (LBS) are a significant permissive technology. One of the main components in indoor LBS is the indoor positioning system (IPS). IPS utilizes many existing technologies such as radio frequency, images, acoustic signals, as well as magnetic sensors, thermal sensors, optical sensors, and other sensors that are usually installed in a mobile device. The radio frequency technologies used in IPS are WLAN, Bluetooth, Zig Bee, RFID, frequency modulation, and ultra-wideband. This paper explores studies that have combined WLAN fingerprinting and image processing to build an IPS. The studies on combined WLAN fingerprinting and image processing techniques are divided based on the methods used. The first part explains the studies that have used WLAN fingerprinting to support image positioning. The second part examines works that have used image processing to support WLAN fingerprinting positioning. Then, image processing and WLAN fingerprinting are used in combination to build IPS in the third part. A new concept is proposed at the end for the future development of indoor positioning models based on WLAN fingerprinting and supported by image processing to solve the effect of people presence around users and the user orientation problem