I-Corps: Indoor Magnetic Beacon Localization

室内定位、地图绘制和导航领域正在迅速发展，并有可能改变社会与建筑环境的互动方式。所提出的技术能够精确定位建筑物内的人员和资产，而其他技术（如GPS）无法发挥作用。在重工业环境中（如发电厂、炼油厂和化工厂），无法知道工人和安全人员在日常操作、维护和紧急情况下的位置，会导致影响设施安全的事故和事件。采用拟议的技术并将其与其他实体安全基础设施相结合，有可能减少伤害和事故，提高工厂运营和安全的有效性。本地化技术使高风险工人（在工业环境中工作的工人，通常佩戴安全帽，安全眼镜，听力保护装置等防护装备）把他们的位置广播到指挥中心这对于独自工作的工人、密闭空间中的工人或由于重型设备交通或其他安全问题（需要其他防护服等）而限制进入的区域中的工人特别有用。设施内的区域可以为个人安装地理围栏，提醒他们处于高风险区域，并在紧急情况下允许安全或第一响应人员快速定位个人。I-Corps团队的定位技术已经在实验室中演示，并开发了实验室原型。该团队目前正在开发一个现场原型。技术目标包括建立现场原型，以便能够向感兴趣的各方进行演示，并在实际应用中测试系统。该团队正在开发技术和业务执行方面的关键量化里程碑。通过与团队导师、I-Corps讲师和I-Corps同行合作，该团队有信心找到与行业合作伙伴开展试点技术研究的途径，确定第一批客户、最小可行产品，并明确量化其客户的价值主张。现场原型的希望是清楚地证明在不同的室内环境中的定位精度。

The field of indoor localization, mapping and navigation is rapidly developing and has the potential to change the way society interacts with its built surroundings. The proposed technology enables the precise localization of personnel and assets inside buildings whereother technology (such as GPS) does not work. In heavy industrial settings (such as power plants, oil refineries, and chemical plants) the inability of knowing where workers and security personnel are located during routine operations, maintenance, and emergency situations leads to accidents and incidents that impact the safety and security of the facility. Adoption and integration of the proposed technology with other physical security infrastructure has the potential to decrease injuries and accidents and increase the effectiveness of plant operations and security. The localization technology enables highrisk workers (those that work in industrial settings and generally wear protective gear like hard-hats, safety glasses, hearing protection etc.) to have their location broadcast to an operations center. This is especially useful for alone workers, workers in confined spaces, or workers in areas that have restricted access due to either heavy equipment traffic or other safety issues (need for other protective clothing etc.). Areas within a facility canhave geo-fences installed for individuals alerting them that they are in a high-risk area and in an emergency situation allow security or first-responder personnel to locate individuals quickly.This I-Corps team's localization technology has been demonstrated in the lab and a lab-proto-type has been developed. The team is currently developing a field proto-type. The technology goals consist of building the field proto-type to be able to give demonstrations to interested parties and test the system in real-world applications. This team is developing key quantitative milestones on both the technology and business execution sides. Working with the team mentor, I-Corps instructors and I-Corps peers; this team is confident that it would identify a path to developing a pilot technology study with industry partners, identify first customers, the minimal viable product and clearly quantify the value proposition for its customers. The hope for the field proto-type is to clearly demonstrate the localization precision in different indoor environments.