Life-log observation of walking traces with sensors of android mobile device and vector map matching

Abstract

In this paper, we have proposed a new method of observing walking traces, which can observe people's indoor movement for lifelogging. Particularly emphasized new techniques in this paper are methods to detect locations, where walking directions are changed, by analyzing azimuth orientations measured by an orientation sensor of an Android mobile device, and to decide walking traces by a map matching with a vector map. The experimental evaluation has shown that the proposed method can determine the correct paths of walking traces. Copyright © 2012 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.