System and method for indoor tag localization and identification

A system for indoor tag localization and identification, comprising:

• an environment-specific tag disposed at a predetermined position within an indoor environment, the environment-specific tag comprising a unique identifier associated with a corresponding indoor environment location;
• a user-associated imaging device (UAID) including a UAID processor, a UAID memory, UAID camera and a UAID tag, wherein:
• the UAID is configured to be carried by, attached to, or positioned proximate to a user of the UAID;
• the UAID camera is configured to be directed outward from the user of the UAID and capture images of the indoor environment location including the environment-specific tag;
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• the UAID tag is coupled to or associated with the UAID for external identification, wherein the UAID is configured to associate the UAID tag with a UAID identifier and a user identifier, wherein the UAID identifier is associated with the UAID, and the user identifier is associated with a user of the UAID;
• a fixed camera positioned within the indoor environment and configured to capture images of the UAID tag;
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• an image tag processing system (ITPS) comprising an ITPS processor, an ITPS memory, and one or more trained convolutional neural network (CNN) models, wherein the ITPS is operatively connected to an output device and configured to:
• receive environment-tag image data from the UAID, and execute at least one of the one or more trained CNN models to predict the indoor environment location of the UAID and a distance of the UAID from the environment-specific tag based on outputs of the one or more trained CNN models;
• receive UAID-tag image data from the fixed camera and execute at least one of the one or more trained CNN models to predict the UAID identifier and the user identifier of the UAID based on the UAID-tag image data;
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• output, on the output device, information selected from the group consisting of:
• the UAID identifier, the user identifier, the indoor environment location of the UAID, the distance of the UAID from the environment-specific tag, and combinations thereof.