Enhancing indoor positioning using RF multilateration and optical sensing

A method of enhancing target positioning comprising:

• receiving, from an access point, a broadcast signal from a device, wherein a first position area of the device is determined from an analysis of the broadcast signal;
• determining a second position area of the target within the first position area by:
• scanning pixels within the received first position area in an image captured by the camera;
• based on the scanned pixels, detecting at least one target comprising a portion of the pixels, wherein the target can be comprised of at least one of the device or a person associated with the device;
• classifying the target within the image;
• and
• based on the classification and portion of the pixels comprising the target, triangulating the second position area of the target within the first position area of the image.

A camera comprising:

• at least one receiver for receiving, from an access point, a broadcast signal from a device, wherein a first position area of the device is determined from an analysis of the broadcast signal;
• and
• at least one processor and at least one memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to determine a second position area of the target within the first position area by:
• scanning pixels within the received first position area in an image captured by the camera;
• based on the scanned pixels, detecting at least one target comprising a portion of the pixels, wherein the target can be comprised of at least one of the device or a person associated with the device;
• classifying the target within the image;
• and
• based on the classification and portion of the pixels comprising the target, triangulating the second position area of the target within the first position of the image.