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Methods and Issues in Detecting Pedestrian Flows on a Mobile Adhoc Network

Authors:
Ryo Nishide
Hideyuki Takada

Keywords: Distributive Database; Bluetooth; Social Context; Pedestrian Flows; Mobile Devices; Adhoc Network.

Abstract:
Due to the development of mobile technology and adhoc communication, researches to extract social contexts including the movements and density of pedestrians have also emerged in recent years. This study attempts to explore methods to extract pedestrian flows in a distributive manner, deploying Bluetooth detection logs. Bluetooth devices are widely installed in mobile equipments which pedestrians carry with them in daily life. The results of experiments have revealed that detection logs implicitly record traces of surrounding pedestrian flows, which might provide possibilities to analyze and distinguish pedestrian flow patterns based on situations. Moreover, the paper has discussed the related issues on network construction including methods for interpolating missing detections.

Pages: 76 to 79

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: October 21, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3468

ISBN: 978-1-61208-229-5

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 21, 2012 to October 26, 2012