Commissioning of indoor positioning system aided by augmented reality
System and methods and computer program code are provided to perform a commissioning process comprising capturing, using an image capture device, an image of an area containing at least a first fixture, identifying location and positioning information associated with the image, performing image processing of the image to identify a location of the at least first fixture in the image, and converting the location of the at least first fixture in the image into physical coordinate information associated with the at least first fixture.
1. A method, comprising:
capturing, using an image capture device of a user device, an image of an area containing at least a first fixture;
identifying physical location and positioning information associated with the image capture device;
mapping, using LiDAR mixed with the identified physical location and positioning information associated with the image capture device, physical location and positioning information for the at least first fixture, wherein the LiDAR is supported by the user device;
identifying pixel coordinates in the image of the at least first fixture in the image by performing image processing of the image including a first thresholding process and a second thresholding process, wherein the first thresholding process generates a first thresholding process image including a plurality of pixels and the second thresholding process generates a second thresholding process image;
pixel-by-pixel processing the first thresholding process image and the second thresholding process image to generate a third image;
generating a final image by processing, using an OR function, the third image and the first thresholding process image;
and
converting pixel coordinates of the at least first fixture in the final image into physical coordinate information associated with the at least first fixture.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying physical location and positioning information associated with the image capture device is performed using an augmented reality application that identifies a physical location of the at least first fixture in relation to an anchor point.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the image capture device is a camera of a mobile device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing image processing of the image further comprises:
performing at least a first operation to produce a modified image having pixels of a first value that represent the at least first fixture; and
determining a reference point and orientation vector of the at least first fixture.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to performing image processing of the image, normalizing an exposure of the image.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capturing and performing image processing are performed at different times, the method further comprising:
adjusting the physical coordinate information to account for movement of the image capture device during processing.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the physical coordinate information in a map table associated with a lighting installation.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
storing an identifier of the at least first fixture in the map table.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a display on a display device prompting a user of the image capture device to perform a further image capture operation.
10. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions, that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a mapping method comprising:
capturing, using an image capture device of a user, an image of an area containing at least a first fixture;
identifying physical location and positioning information associated with the image capture device;
mapping, using LiDAR mixed with the identified physical location and positioning information associated with the image capture device, physical location and positioning information for the at least first fixture, wherein the LiDAR is supported by the user device;
identifying pixel coordinates in the image of the at least first fixture in the image by performing image processing of the image including a first thresholding process and a second thresholding process, wherein the first thresholding process generates a first thresholding process image including a plurality of pixels and the second thresholding process generates a second thresholding process image;
pixel-by-pixel processing the first thresholding process image and the second thresholding process image to generate a third image;
generating a final image by processing, using an OR function, the third image and the first thresholding process image;
and
converting pixel coordinates of the at least first fixture in the final image into physical coordinate information associated with the at least first fixture.
11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the identifying physical location and positioning information associated with the image capture device is performed using an augmented reality application that identifies a location of the at least first fixture in relation to an anchor point.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the performing image processing of the image further comprises:
performing at least a first operation to produce a modified image having pixels of a first value that represent the at least first fixture; and
determining a reference point and orientation vector of the at least first fixture.