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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication enables multi-gigabit-per-second data rates but is highly susceptible to path loss and blockage, especially indoors. Many indoor settings, however, include naturally occurring specular surfaces such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Raj Sai Sohel Bandari , Amod Ashtekar , Omar Ibrahim , Mohammed E. Eltayeb

Visible Light Communication (VLC) technology using light emitting diodes (LEDs) has been gaining increasing attention in recent years as it is appealing for a wide range of applications such as indoor positioning. Orthogonal frequency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-08 Mohammadreza Aminikashani , Wenjun Gu , Mohsen Kavehrad

Indoor visible light communication (VLC) is a promising sixth-generation (6G) technology, as its directional and sensitive optical signals are naturally suited for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). However, current research…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-27 Xinyan Xie , Xuesong Wang , Xin Lai , Yongheng Wen , Fengrui Yang , Haoyang He , Lai Zhang , Dong Zhao

Surveillance based on Computer Vision has become a major necessity in current era. Most of the surveillance systems operate on visible light imaging, but performance based on visible light imaging is limited due to some factors like…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-28 Yash Khandhediya , Karishma Sav , Vandit Gajjar

Accurate and robust indoor localization is critical for smart building applications, yet existing Wi-Fi-based systems are often vulnerable to environmental conditions. This work presents a novel indoor localization system, called LiGen,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Jie Lin , Hsun-Yu Lee , Ho-Ming Li , Fang-Jing Wu

The goal of this paper is to classify objects mapped by LiDAR sensor into different classes such as vehicles, pedestrians and bikers. Utilizing a LiDAR-based object detector and Neural Networks-based classifier, a novel real-time object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-01 Farzad Shafiei Dizaji

2D LiDAR SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) is widely used in indoor environments due to its stability and flexibility. However, its mapping procedure is usually operated by a joystick in static environments, while indoor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Hanjing Ye , Guangcheng Chen , Weinan Chen , Li He , Yisheng Guan , Hong Zhang

This paper presents an experimental evaluation on the accuracy of indoor localisation. The research was carried out as part of a European Union project targeting the creation of ICT solutions for older adult care. Current expectation is…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Iuliana Marin , Maria Iuliana Bocicor , Arthur-Jozsef Molnar

Locating mobile devices precisely in indoor scenarios is a challenging task because of the signal diffraction and reflection in complicated environments. One vital cause deteriorating the localization performance is the inevitable power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-05 Mengyuan Xu , Mingqing Liu , Qingwei Jiang , Wen Fang , Qingwen Liu , Shengli Zhou

In this work, we propose a step towards a more accurate prediction of the environment light given a single picture of a known object. To achieve this, we developed a deep learning method that is able to encode the latent space of indoor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Henrique Weber , Donald Prévost , Jean-François Lalonde

Artificial lighting is responsible for a large portion of total energy consumption and has great potential for energy saving. This paper designs an LED light control algorithm based on users' localization using multiple battery-less binary…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-04-18 Tao Yu , Yusuke Kuki , Gento Matsushita , Daiki Maehara , Seiichi Sampei , Kei Sakaguchi

Single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is a key technology for depth imaging through complex environments. Despite recent advances, an open challenge is the ability to isolate the LiDAR signal from other spurious sources…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Jiuxuan Zhao , Ashley Lyons , Arin Can Ulku , Hugo Defienne , Daniele Faccio , Edoardo Charbon

LiDAR sensors can be used to obtain a wide range of measurement signals other than a simple 3D point cloud, and those signals can be leveraged to improve perception tasks like 3D object detection. A single laser pulse can be partially…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-27 Yunze Man , Xinshuo Weng , Prasanna Kumar Sivakuma , Matthew O'Toole , Kris Kitani

In the last decades, Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) technology has been extensively explored as a robust alternative for self-localization and mapping. These approaches typically state ego-motion estimation as a non-linear optimization…

Passive visible light communication (VLC) modulates light propagation or reflection to transmit data without directly modulating the light source. Thus, passive VLC provides an alternative to conventional VLC, enabling communication where…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Yanxiang Wang , Yiran Shen , Kenuo Xu , Guangrong Zhao , Mahbub Hassan , Chenren Xu , Wen Hu

This paper presents a non-contact vital signs (respiration and heartbeat) monitoring system that utilizes visible light sensing (VLS) technology. We have for the first time demonstrated the ability to wirelessly (non-contact) sense vital…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-17 Hisham Abuella , Sabit Ekin

AI tasks in the car interior like identifying and localizing externally introduced objects is crucial for response quality of personal assistants. However, computational resources of on-board systems remain highly constrained, restricting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Sebastian Schmidt , Bálint Mészáros , Ahmet Firintepe , Stephan Günnemann

The trend towards autonomous driving and the continuous research in the automotive area, like Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), requires an accurate localization under all circumstances. An accurate estimation of the vehicle state…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-15 Eduardo Sánchez Morales , Michael Botsch , Bertold Huber , Andrés García Higuera

In this paper, we introduce a new uplink visible light indoor positioning system that estimates the position of the users in the network-side of a visible light communications (VLC) system. This technique takes advantage of the diffuse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-27 Hamid Hosseinianfar , Mohammad Noshad , Maite Brandt-Pearce

The growing use of photonic integrated circuits in light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors has made the speckle and phase distribution of the reflected light relevant for coupling into the guided modes of these systems. We adopt the use…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-07 Quentin Baudenon , Ben Hopkins , Cibby Pulikkaseril