Bluetooth® 5.1 direction finding significantly enhances indoor location solutions, enabling developers to create highly accurate and seamlessly integrated Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS)—a precise indoor tracking system for real-time asset and people monitoring.
This technology enables precise tracking of people and objects in environments like shopping centers and warehouses. Bluetooth 5.1 improves accuracy for both indoor and outdoor location systems, providing cost-effective, low-energy, and compact solutions where GNSS coverage is insufficient.
Unlike traditional systems that estimate distance based on signal strength (RSSI), Bluetooth 5.1 introduces Angle of Arrival (AoA) technology, dramatically improving location accuracy within buildings. This makes it ideal for tracking assets, inventory, equipment, and people in areas where satellite coverage is unavailable.
CoreHW’s indoor location technology can enable precise positioning for Bluetooth Low Energy 5.1 (or higher) and direction-finding-enabled devices. It can open new opportunities across industries for indoor location and business advancements.
CoreHW’s indoor location system provides an adaptable infrastructure that can be used for various present and future business scenarios.
It also offers a scalable solution that can be modified to fit your needs, enabling you to continuously monitor a large number of assets and expand coverage as required.
The CoreHW Indoor Location system includes locators, tags, a positioning engine, firmware, and a GUI. The tags establish communication with the locators, strategically positioned across the tracking area for seamless positioning.
The tags transmit a direction finding signal that is received by locators, and the position engine uses the data from multiple locators to determine the 3D location of the tags.
AoA locators utilize multi-element antenna arrays to detect phase differences in received signals. The Bluetooth Low Energy SoC in these locators generates IQ samples, which are then used to calculate the signal’s direction, either within the locator itself or by an external processor. While two locators are typically needed to determine an object’s position, height information can allow for accurate position calculation with just a single antenna array.
CoreHW’s CoreLocator is an AoA locator device intended for indoor location system users. Our locator includes CoreHW AoA antenna array board and CoreHW main board.
In AoA systems, tracked tags transmit direction-finding-enabled packets (CTE) to enable precise position tracking. A typical tag comprises an antenna, a Bluetooth Low Energy System-on-Chip (SoC), and a power source. To maximize battery life, the hardware and firmware of the Bluetooth Low Energy SoC should be carefully optimized for minimal current consumption.
CoreHW’s CoreTags are advanced real-time location devices featuring patented antenna and IC technology, delivering position accuracy up to ±10 cm with a battery life of up to 10 years, optimized for challenging environments using Angle of Arrival (AoA) technology.
An Indoor Location System is a versatile solution that can be applied in various scenarios, such as:
Airports and hotels can track heavy equipment, tools, passenger baggage and visitors to improve daily operations, increase safety, and increase customer satisfaction.
High-quality healthcare services allow patients to get the treatments they need without potentially harmful delays. By using this technology, staffs, patients, and equipment like beds and wheelchairs can be easily located. This enables improved attendance tracking, effective supervision, and enhanced equipment maintenance.
Retailers can use this system to track shopping carts and other assets while also assisting customers with navigation in large stores and shopping centers. Also Indoor location systems can track customers’ movements in retail stores to provide valuable insights into their behavior and help retailers optimize store layouts and product placements.
Companies can track the real-time location of assets such as forklifts, improve workflow efficiency, enhance safety measures, and optimize plant layouts.
Real-time package tracking, inventory monitoring, and high-precision forklift positioning enhance ERP data accuracy while improving warehouse reliability and safety.
Achieving Industry 4.0 and smart factory with our 10-cm level accuracy indoor location system. Our ILS in manufacturing can be used for asset tracking, inventory management, workforce management, safety monitoring, and process optimization.
Mobile navigation, precise positioning, and low-cost tags bring new values to tourism location services. IPS can be used to enhance the visitor experience in museums by providing location-based information and interactive exhibits.
Our indoor location solution enables you to monitor the movement and entrance of employees and visitors in any premises.
Indoor location systems enable interactive experiences for exhibitors and attendees through location-based notifications, personalized content delivery, and targeted promotions.
Indoor location systems can be used to create location-based games and interactive experiences in large indoor spaces like theme parks or sports arenas.
Indoor location systems can be used to guide drivers to available parking spaces in indoor parking garages or lots.
Indoor location systems can be used to provide location data to autonomous robots, enabling them to perform tasks in indoor environments.
