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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Classification of User Behavior Patterns for Indoor Navigation Problem.

Aleksandra Borsuk, Andrzej Chybicki, Michał Zieliński

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Aleksandra BorsukFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
Andrzej ChybickiFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8005-3705
Michał ZielińskiFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indoor navigation poses persistent challenges due to the limitations of traditional positioning systems within buildings. In this study, we propose a novel approach to address this issue-not by continuously tracking the user's location, but by estimating their position based on how closely their observed behavior matches the expected progression along a predefined route. This concept, while not universally applicable, is well-suited for specific indoor navigation scenarios, such as guiding couriers or delivery personnel through complex residential buildings. We explore this idea in detail in our paper. To implement this behavior-based localization, we introduce an LSTM-based method for classifying user behavior patterns, including standing, walking, and using stairs or elevators, by analyzing velocity sequences derived from smartphone sensors' data. The developed model achieved 75% accuracy for individual activity type classification within one-second time windows, and 98.6% for full-sequence classification through majority voting. These results confirm the viability of real-time activity recognition as the foundation for a navigation system that aligns live user behavior with pre-recorded patterns, offering a cost-effective alternative to infrastructure-heavy indoor positioning systems.

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activity classificationindoor navigationlinear accelerationLSTMmobile applicationsensor datasensor fusion data

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PMID40807838
PMCPMC12349644

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