Deep Learning-Based Device-Free Localization Scheme for Simultaneous Estimation of Indoor Location and Posture Using FMCW Radars

Abstract

Indoor device-free localization (DFL) systems are used in various Internet-of-Things applications based on human behavior recognition. However, the usage of camera-based intuitive DFL approaches is limited in dark environments and disaster situations. Moreover, camera-based DFL schemes exhibit certain privacy issues. Therefore, DFL schemes with radars are increasingly being investigated owing to their efficient functioning in dark environments and their ability to prevent privacy issues. This study proposes a deep learning-based DFL scheme for simultaneous estimation of indoor location and posture using 24-GHz frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars. The proposed scheme uses a parallel 1D convolutional neural network structure with a regression and a classification model for localization and posture estimation, respectively. The two-dimensional location information of the target is estimated for localization, and four different postures, namely standing, sitting, lying, and absence, are estimated simultaneously. We experimentally evaluated the proposed scheme and compared its performance with that of conventional schemes under identical conditions. The results indicate that the average localization error of the proposed scheme is 0.23 m, whereas that of the conventional scheme is approximately 0.65 m. The average posture estimation error of the proposed scheme is approximately 1.7%, whereas that of the conventional correlation, CSP, and SVM schemes are 54.8%, 42%, and 10%, respectively.

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