A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time

The ability to know the precise level of occupancy in an indoor or outdoor space in real time could have multiple applications. It is a well-known problem for which a number of technologies have been proposed over time. The recent emergence of BLE beacon technology has provided a solution to the pro...

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Autores principales: Mateos Sánchez, Montserrat, Berjón Gallinas, Roberto, Beato Gutiérrez, M. Encarnación, Fermoso García, Ana M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Technical Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32674470
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20143916
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author Mateos Sánchez, Montserrat
Berjón Gallinas, Roberto
Beato Gutiérrez, M. Encarnación
Fermoso García, Ana M.
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description The ability to know the precise level of occupancy in an indoor or outdoor space in real time could have multiple applications. It is a well-known problem for which a number of technologies have been proposed over time. The recent emergence of BLE beacon technology has provided a solution to the problem. This study presents a tool that uses beacons and user smartphones to determine the level of occupancy in indoor and outdoor spaces, providing real-time information that can be published as open data and subsequently used by other applications. The tool was tested in a university environment in real-life situations and has produced promising results in obtaining an occupancy count.
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spelling pubmed-74117402020-08-25 A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time Mateos Sánchez, Montserrat Berjón Gallinas, Roberto Beato Gutiérrez, M. Encarnación Fermoso García, Ana M. Sensors (Basel) Technical Note The ability to know the precise level of occupancy in an indoor or outdoor space in real time could have multiple applications. It is a well-known problem for which a number of technologies have been proposed over time. The recent emergence of BLE beacon technology has provided a solution to the problem. This study presents a tool that uses beacons and user smartphones to determine the level of occupancy in indoor and outdoor spaces, providing real-time information that can be published as open data and subsequently used by other applications. The tool was tested in a university environment in real-life situations and has produced promising results in obtaining an occupancy count. MDPI 2020-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7411740/ /pubmed/32674470 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20143916 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Technical Note
Mateos Sánchez, Montserrat
Berjón Gallinas, Roberto
Beato Gutiérrez, M. Encarnación
Fermoso García, Ana M.
A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time
title A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time
title_full A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time
title_fullStr A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time
title_full_unstemmed A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time
title_short A Tool to Calculate the Level of Occupancy in Indoor and Outdoor Spaces Using BLE and Open Data to Be Published in Real-Time
title_sort tool to calculate the level of occupancy in indoor and outdoor spaces using ble and open data to be published in real-time
topic Technical Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32674470
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20143916
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