• Title/Summary/Keyword: Location Position System

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Test and Integration of Location Sensors for Position Determination in a Pedestrian Navigation System

  • Retscher, Guenther;Thienelt, Michael
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.251-256
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    • 2006
  • In the work package 'Integrated Positioning' of the research project NAVIO (Pedestrian Navigation Systems in Combined Indoor/Outdoor Environements) we are dealing with the navigation and guidance of visitors of our University. Thereby start points are public transport stops in the surroundings of the Vienna University of Technology and the user of the system should be guided to certain office rooms or persons. For the position determination of the user different location sensors are employed, i.e., for outdoor positioning GPS and dead reckoning sensors such as a digital compass and gyro for heading determination and accelerometers for the determination of the travelled distance as well as a barometric pressure sensor for altitude determination and for indoor areas location determination using WiFi fingerprinting. All sensors and positioning methods are combined and integrated using a Kalman filter approach. Then an optimal estimate of the current location of the user is obtained using the filter. To perform an adequate weighting of the sensors in the stochastic filter model, the sensor characteristics and their performance was investigated in several tests. The tests were performed in different environments either with free satellite visibility or in urban canyons as well as inside of buildings. The tests have shown that it is possible to determine the user's location continuously with the required precision and that the selected sensors provide a good performance and high reliability. Selected tests results and our approach will be presented in the paper.

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RSSI based Indoor Location Tracking System using Wireless Sensor Network technology (무선 센서네트워크 기술을 활용한 RSSI기반의 실내위치인식 시스템)

  • Kwon, Joon-Dal;Shin, Jae-Wook;Shin, Kwang-Sik;Lee, Eun-Ah;Chung, Wan-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.364-367
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    • 2007
  • We combined CC2431(Chipcon, Norway), as the platform for the Indoor Location Tracking, which follows Zigbee/IEEE802.15.4 standards in RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) and Base Station Node and then, embodied Indoor Location Tracking System. CC2431 is composed of the Reference Node that transfer its current position at the designated place and the Blind Node. The Blind node receives the current position(X and Y coordinates) of the Reference Node fields which are being contiguous and also, calculates its current position and transfers it to the Base Station Node. The base station node is used for receiving the current position of blind node and passing its data to the PC as a gateway. We can make sure where is the Blind Node not only from the out-of-the-way place of the server side but from the outside in a real-time.

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A Tracking System Using Location Prediction and Dynamic Threshold for Minimizing SMS Delivery

  • Lai, Yuan-Cheng;Lin, Jian-Wei;Yeh, Yi-Hsuan;Lai, Ching-Neng;Weng, Hui-Chuan
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.54-60
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a novel method called location-based delivery (LBD), which combines the short message service (SMS) and global position system (GPS), is proposed, and further, a realistic system for tracking a target's movement is developed. LBD reduces the number of short message transmissions while maintaining the location tracking accuracy within the acceptable range. The proposed approach, LBD, consists of three primary features: Short message format, location prediction, and dynamic threshold. The defined short message format is proprietary. Location prediction is performed by using the current location, moving speed, and bearing of the target to predict its next location. When the distance between the predicted location and the actual location exceeds a certain threshold, the target transmits a short message to the tracker to update its current location. The threshold is dynamically adjusted to maintain the location tracking accuracy and the number of short messages on the basis of the moving speed of the target. The experimental results show that LBD, indeed, outperforms other methods because it satisfactorily maintains the location tracking accuracy with relatively fewer messages.

A Study on the Estimation of Ship Location Information in the Intelligent Maritime Traffic Information System (지능형 해상교통정보시스템의 선박 위치 정보 추정 연구)

  • Deuk-Jae Cho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.313-314
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    • 2022
  • The intelligent maritime traffic information service provides a service to prevent collisions and stranding of ships based on the location information of ships periodically collected from ship equipment such as LTE-Maritime transceivers and AIS installed on ships. provided in real time. However, the above service may reduce the reliability of ship location information because GPS location information for measuring the ship's location may be cut off during transmission through LTE-Maritime or AIS networks, or phenomena such as location jumps and delays may occur. This study aims to estimate reliable position information to some extent even in an abnormal section through ship position prediction based on the existing received position information using the Kalman filter, which is an optimal estimation filter based on probability.

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Implementation of the outdoor location tracking system by using Zigbee (Zigbee를 이용한 실외 위치추정 시스템 구현)

  • Kim, Hwan-Yong;Lim, Soon-Ja
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2012
  • Location tracking system represents position by searching objects and humans. In this paper I would like to write about RF chip support Zigbee which is called CC2420. In simulated network circumstance, we can get the information about mobile-node by sending it to sink-node. Position finding is in error by 3m at outdoor environment. The error scale is acceptable within easy range of naked eyes. It can be overcome by using GPS information and Google maps with the wireless networking background.

The Indoor Position Detection Method using a Single Camera and a Parabolic Mirror (볼록 거울 및 단일 카메라를 이용한 실내에서의 전 방향 위치 검출 방법)

  • Kim, Jee-Hong;Kim, Hee-Sun;Lee, Chang-Goo
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.161-167
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    • 2008
  • This article describes the methods of a decision of the location which user points to move by an optical device like a laser pointer and a moving to that location. Using a conic mirror and CCD camera sensor, a robot observes a spot of user wanted point among an initiative, computes the location and azimuth and moves to that position. This system offers the brief data to a processor with simple devices. In these reason, we can reduce the time of a calculation to process of images and find the target by user point for carrying a robot. User points a laser spot on a point to be moved so that this sensor system in the robot, detecting the laser spot point with a conic mirror, laid on the robot, showing a camera. The camera is attached on the robot upper body and fixed parallel to the ground and the conic mirror.

Study on the Effect of the Payload and Weight Position on the Handling and Ride Comfort of a Truck (트럭의 화물적재량과 적재위치가 조안성 및 승차감에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Cha, Hyun-Kyung;Choi, Gyu-Suk;Sohn, Jeong-Hyun
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the payload condition is considered and computer simulation is carried out to analyze the dynamic behavior of the middle-sized truck under the condition with different weight and location. The computer model for the truck is established and ADAMS/Car is employed to simulate the truck vehicle. A single lane change and bump-pass simulation are performed to evaluate the performance according to the weight and the position of it. Effects of the location and weight of commercial vehicle are analyzed. According to the simulation results, the front deck is preferred as the load location.

INTELLIGENT MIRROR ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM USING A DRIVER′S PUPILS

  • Rho, K.H.;Han, M.H.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.277-285
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    • 2004
  • This paper describes an intelligent mirror adjustment system that rotates a pair of side mirrors and the room mirror of a car to the optimal position for a driver by using the location of the driver's pupils. A stereo vision system measures the three-dimensional coordinates of a pair of pupils by analyzing the input images of stereo B/W CCD cameras mounted on the instrument panel. This system determines the position angle of each mirror on the basis of information about the location of the pupils and rotates each mirror to the appropriate position by mirror actuators. The vision system can detect the driver's pupils regardless of whether it is daytime or nighttime by virtue of an infrared light source. Information about the pair of nostrils is used to improve the correctness of pupil detection. This system can adjust side mirrors and the room mirror automatically and rapidly by a simple interface regardless of driver replacement or driver's posture. Experiment has shown this to be a new mirror adjustment system that can make up for the weak points of previous mirror adjustment systems.

Study of Determination in Measurement System for Safely Managing Debris-Flow (안전한 토석류 관리를 위한 계측기 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Min, Dae-Hong;Yoon, Hyung-Koo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2017
  • Recent studies have shown that there are various systems which can be used to monitor hazardous area in a debris flow location, but lack of methodological research on the exact location where each instrument should be installed has hindered the success of this systems. The objective of this study is to suggest the measurement system for monitoring debris-flow and propose the effective method to determine location of measurement system. Previously studied, from 1991 to 2015, were referred and the applied ratio of every instrument was investigated. The measurement information was divided into 8 categories including rainfall, debris-flow velocity, displacement, fluid pore pressure, ground vibration, image processing, impact force and peak flow depth. The result of this study revealed that the most applied instruments to be rain gauge and geophone for measuring average rainfall and ground vibration respectively. The Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) method was selected to determine installation location of instrument and the weighting factors were estimated through fine content, soil thickness, porosity, shear strength, elastic modulus, hydraulic conductivity and saturation. The soil thickness shows highest weights and the fine content relatively demonstrates lowest weights. The score of each position can be calculated through the weighting factors and the lowest score position can be judged as the weak point. The weak point denotes the easily affecting area and thus, the point is suitable for installing the measurement system. This study suggests a better method for safely managing the debris-flow through a precise location for installing measurement system.

Localization System for Mobile Robot Using Electric Compass and Tracking IR Light Source (전자 나침반과 적외선 광원 추적을 이용한 이동로봇용 위치 인식 시스템)

  • Son, Chang-Woo;Lee, Seung-Heui;Lee, Min-Cheol
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.767-773
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents a localization system based on the use of electric compass and tracking IR light source. Digital RGB(Red, Green, Blue)signal of digital CMOS Camera is sent to CPLD which converts the color image to binary image at 30 frames per second. CMOS camera has IR filter and UV filter in front of CMOS cell. The filters cut off above 720nm light source. Binary output data of CPLD is sent to DSP that rapidly tracks the IR light source by moving Camera tilt DC motor. At a robot toward north, electric compass signals and IR light source angles which are used for calculating the data of the location system. Because geomagnetic field is linear in local position, this location system is possible. Finally, it is shown that position error is within ${\pm}1.3cm$ in this system.