The objective of this study is to extend the possibilities of robot localization in a known environment by using the pre-deployed infrastructure of a smart building. The proposed method demonstrates a concept of a Shared Sensory System for the automa...
An indoor localization system based on the RSSI-APIT algorithm is designed in this study. Integrated RSSI (received signal strength indication) and non-ranging APIT (approximate perfect point-in-triangulation test) localization methods are fused with...
Pyroelectric Infrared (PIR) sensors are low-cost, low-power, and highly reliable sensors that have been widely used in smart environments. Indoor localization systems can be categorized as wearable and non-wearable systems, where the latter are also...
In recent times smart devices have attracted a large number of users. Since many of these devices allow position estimation using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals, a large number of location-based applications and services have emer...
Pyroelectric infrared (PIR) sensors are low-cost, low-power, and highly reliable sensors that have been widely used in smart environments. Indoor localization systems may be wearable or non-wearable, where the latter are also known as device-free loc...
Magnetic sensing technology offers an attractive alternative for in vivo tracking with much better performance than RF and ultrasound technologies. In this paper, an efficient in vivo magnetic tracking system is presented. The proposed system is inte...
Indoor localization systems are used to locate mobile devices inside buildings where traditional solutions, such as the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), do not work well due to the lack of direct visibility to the satellites. Fingerprintin...
The frequency diverse array (FDA) has drawn substantial attention because it provides a new degree of freedom. However, the multitarget localization is fundamentally limited by the range-angle-coupled and range-periodic beampattern of the basic FDA....
Real-time and high-precision localization information is vital for many modules of unmanned vehicles. At present, a high-cost RTK (Real Time Kinematic) and IMU (Integrated Measurement Unit) integrated navigation system is often used, but its accuracy...
Cross-bonded cables improve transmission efficiency by optimizing the grounding method. However, due to the complexity of their grounding system, they are prone to multiple types of defects, making defect state identification more challenging. Additi...
In this paper, the integration of directional antennas in a room-level received signal strength (RSS) fingerprinting-based indoor localization system (ILS) is studied. The sensor reader (SR), which is in charge of capturing the RSS to infer the tag p...
In the last few years, indoor localization has attracted researchers and commercial developers. Indeed, the availability of systems, techniques and algorithms for localization allows the improvement of existing communication applications and services...
Scene matching-based localization systems (SMLSs) offer an effective solution to the failure of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning in complex environments. This paper designs and implements a vision-based autonomous localization sy...
In order to provide better monitoring for the elderly or patients, we developed an integrated wireless wearable sensor system that can realize posture recognition and indoor localization in real time. Five designed sensor nodes which are respectively...
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) are commonly used for positioning vehicles in open areas. Yet a GNSS frequently encounters loss of lock in urban areas. This paper presents a new real-time localization system using measurements from vehicl...
The localization of sound sources has received increasing interest over the last few decades, given its wide range of applications. The triangulation method using the Time of Arrival (ToA) of a signal has shown to be useful and easy-to-use and, at th...
The continued advancement of small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) has resulted in growing concerns regarding the potential threat that UASs present. To deal with harmful or disruptive drones, techniques that can be performed using affordable, widel...
Outdoor autonomous mobile robots heavily rely on GPS data for localization. However, GPS data can be erroneous and signals can be interrupted in highly urbanized areas or areas with incomplete satellite coverage, leading to localization deviations. I...
An integrated navigation system is a promising solution to improve positioning performance by complementing estimated positioning in each sensor, such as a global positioning system (GPS), an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and an odometer sensor. H...
This work presents the design and implementation of an emergency sound detection and localization system, specifically for sirens and horns, aimed at enhancing road safety in automotive environments. The system integrates specialized hardware and adv...
The subject of pipeline monitoring for a timely response in the case of leakage has raised intense interest and numerous leak localization methods have been presented in the literature. However, most approaches focus more on the performance of the me...
With the widespread adoption of smartphones and wearable devices, localization systems have become increasingly important in modern society. While Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is widely accepted as a standard outdoors, accurately determ...
This paper discusses a novel embedded system-on-chip 3D localization and mapping (eSoC-LAM) implementation, that followed a co-design approach with the primary aim of being deployed in a small system on a programmable chip (SoPC), the Intel’s (a.k.a...
The localization of lipoprotein (Lol) system is responsible for the transport of lipoproteins in the outer membrane (OM) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. LolB catalyzes the last step in the Lol system, where lipoproteins are inserted into the OM. If the f...
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based fault diagnosis methods have been widely studied for power grids, with most research focusing on fault interval localization rather than precise fault point identification. In cases involving long-distance transmiss...
Device-free localization (DFL) systems exploit changes in the radio frequency channel by measuring, for example, the channel impulse response (CIR), to detect and localize obstacles within a target area. However, due to a lack of well-defined interfa...
Based on the problems of low efficiency, unstable accuracy, and weak anti-interference ability of manual localization for side-seam welding of square power battery module, this article designs a high-precision vision localization system for side seam...
A single-webcam distance measurement technique for indoor robot localization is proposed in this paper. The proposed localization technique uses webcams that are available in an existing surveillance environment. The developed image-based distance me...
This paper aims at proposing a new wireless indoor localization system (ILS), called TrackCC, based on a commercial type of low-power system-on-chip (SoC), nRF24LE1. This type of chip has only l output power levels and acute fluctuation for a receive...
The Multiple Mobile Robot (MMR) cooperative system is becoming a focus of study in various fields due to its advantages, such as high efficiency and good fault tolerance. However, the uncertainty and nonlinearity problems severely limit the cooperati...
In this paper, we propose an exact model-based method for near-field sources localization with a bistatic multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) radar system, and compare it with an approximated model-based method. The aim of this paper is to propose...
The identification and localization of large-range, wide-band electromagnetic interference (EMI) sources have always been both costly and time-consuming. The measurements at different times and places are often required before a typical system can lo...
Determining the direction-of-arrival (DOA) of any signal of interest has long been of great interest to the wireless localization research community for military and civilian applications. To efficiently facilitate the deployment of DOA systems, the...
Reducing costs is a pragmatic method for promoting the widespread usage of indoor localization technology. Conventional indoor localization systems (ILSs) exploit relatively expensive wireless chips to measure received signal strength for positioning...
In this article a novel method of positional data integration in an indoor hybrid localization system combining inertial navigation with radio distance measurements is presented. A point of interest is the situation when the positional data and the r...
One of the main methods of the path localization of moving objects is positioning using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) in cooperation with Inertial Navigation Systems (INSs). Its basic task is to provide high availability, in particular...
Location-based services for smartphones are becoming more and more popular. The core of location-based services is how to estimate a user’s location. An INS/floor-plan indoor localization system, using the Firefly Particle Filter (FPF), is prop...
Models of the human body representing digital twins of patients have attracted increasing interest in clinical research for the delivery of personalized diagnoses and treatments to patients. For example, noninvasive cardiac imaging models are used to...
Location-based services (LBS) are services offered through a mobile device that take into account a device’s geographical location. To provide position information for these services, location is a key process. GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Syste...
Accurate and reliable vehicle localization is essential for autonomous driving in complex outdoor environments. Traditional feature-based visual–inertial odometry (VIO) suffers from sparse features and sensitivity to illumination, limiting robu...
Drones equipped with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver for absolute localization provide high-precision autonomous flight and hovering. However, the GNSS signal reception sensitivity is considerably lower in areas such as those bet...
This paper presents the concept of a hybrid positioning scheme using results from a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based system and additional infrared (IR) devices: proximity sensors and far-infrared thermal sensor arrays. In the proposed solution, the...
Nowadays, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is becoming a new approach to localize keyfobs in the car keyless entry system (KES), because it provides precise localization and secure communication. However, for vehicles the distance ranging suffers from...
In the process of using the Distributed Radar Network Localization System (DRNLS) further to improve the survivability of a carrier platform, the random characteristics of the system’s Aperture Resource Allocation (ARA) and Radar Cross Section...
The data incest problem causes inter-estimate correlation during data fusion processes, which yields inconsistent data fusion results. Especially in the multi-sensor multi-vehicle (MSMV) system, the data incest problem is serious due to multiple rela...
The detection range and accuracy of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems are sensitive to variations in fog concentration, leading to the safety of the intended functionality-related (SOTIF-related) problems in the LiDAR-based fusion localizat...
Given the importance that current food-related challenges pose to our society, the potential of local food initiatives to address sustainability has gained increased attention. Nevertheless, research has increasingly demonstrated that local food init...
Reliable autonomy for drones operating in GNSS-intermittent or denied environments requires both stable inter-vehicle coordination and a shared global understanding of the environment. This paper presents a unified vision-based framework in which UAV...
In underwater localization systems several sources of error may impact in different ways the accuracy of the final position estimates. Through simulations and statistical analysis it is possible to identify and characterize such sources of error and...
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For decades, complementary monetary systems (CMSs) and open innovation in the local area have coexisted alongside official currencies. Today, when it is most necessary to innovate and act locally to solve global problems, it is appropriate to increas...
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