Journal of Power System Engineering (동력기계공학회지)

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Distance Measurement by Automatic Peak Detection for Indoor Positioning Using Spread Spectrum Ultrasonic Waves

  • Received : 2014.12.29
  • Accepted : 2015.03.26
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

In conducting indoor positioning by code division multiple access using spread spectrum ultrasonic waves, it is required to detect signals under the influence of near-far problem occurred by difference on signal power, caused by distance between transmitter and receiver. For discussing robustness to the problem, we verified measuring accuracy on distance from an experiment on a real space with a hardware device where our proposed method is mounted. The proposed method performs automatic signal detection by setting threshold level dynamically. As an experimental result, measurable distance were improved by the proposed method, and measurement errors were up to 50mm in distances from 1000mm to 6000mm; therefore, enough accuracy to realize self-localization or navigation for autonomous mobile robot or human was obtained.

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