{"title":"A generalized look-ahead method for adaptive multiple sequential data fusion and decision making","authors":"T. Chen, R. Luo","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815989","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a formulation of look-ahead decision-making algorithm for sensor fusion systems across levels with the I/O mode characterizations of feature in-decision out or data in-decision out methods. The sequential data fusion is conducted through a dynamic behavior modeling method capable of estimating the observed system parameters from the raw sensory measurements over period of time. The temporal estimated model is used for forward prediction of the observed system output for decision-making. A self-evaluation method to estimate the prediction quality is used to generate the individual decision confidence for final decision integration which is conducted through a multi-layered fuzzy linguistic reasoning engine. The validity of the proposed technique is confirmed by experimental results in which we perform sensor fusion of ultrasonic range data and vision detection information for motion decision on target tracking applications. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of the multisensor fusion method.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125899569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Control system for spherical direct drive actuators with Hall sensors [mobile robots]","authors":"S. Sokolov, O. V. Trifonov, V.S. Yaroshevsky","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815986","url":null,"abstract":"We designed a control system for spherical direct drive actuator with Hall sensors. This device is intended for rapid and precise movement of mobile robot information system sensors. In the article we offer a scheme of autonomous mobile robots information system, which implies 2 spherical direct drive actuators. We offer effective control algorithms, based on analysis and the construction of mathematical models of all factors influencing control procedure. The realization and experiments with this system on the acting samples of drives in structure of the mobile robot information system are described.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131070592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inspection of steel sheets based on CCD image sensors","authors":"P. Marino, M. Domínguez, M. Alonso","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815967","url":null,"abstract":"We present a machine-vision system (MVS) which is capable to detect small protrusions or peaks over external car parts, for performance monitoring of steel sheet machining processes in automotive industry. Trials made in this research prove the feasibility of implemented MVS based on two-dimensional imaging through a frame grabber. Also, algorithms for peaks detection are developed by an object oriented programming tool called IMPULS VISION XXL SDK and performed using a Pentium II PC. The paper introduces the main fault for inspection over steel sheets devoted to external car parts. Relevant features for MVS are extracted from trials made in steel sheet machining shopfloor. Algorithms for peaks detection are also presented. Results and new guidelines of this work are explained.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126826438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An efficient bias estimation method in multisensor fusion for navigation by adaptive prototype selection in a bank of Kalman filters","authors":"I. Sen, Sunmee Kang, Chein-I. Chang, Hanseok Ko","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.816003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.816003","url":null,"abstract":"A navigation system usually employs multiple sensors to combine the strength of individual sensors such as GPS, gyroscope, and accelerometer. However, the multiple sensor fusion for navigation objectives encounters noise and time-variant bias present in individual sensor measurement. This paper proposes an efficient method to estimate the unknown bias for cancellation in a fused navigation system involving multiple sensors using an adaptive bias prototype selection employed over a bank of parallel Kalman filters. The conventional method which focuses on a special case of bias characteristics revolving around the semi-Markov process model is recognized for its excessive computation if the bias prototype set is chosen too large. This means that a huge discrete set of bias is needed to obtain the bias estimation accurately. Focusing on solving the problem of large bias prototypes, we propose a two-step selection process: (1) the decision part that locks on a new bias set from estimated bias covariance and (2) the balance part that regulates the newly selected bias set to enable a smooth transition under inadvertent bias overshoots. Simulation results show a substantial improvement in bias estimation accuracy while maintaining a minimal computation compared to the nonadaptive randomly switching bias estimators.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"AES-5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126503705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visual tracking of unknown moving object by adaptive binocular visual servoing","authors":"M. Asada, T. Tanaka, K. Hosoda","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815998","url":null,"abstract":"Visual tracking of moving objects is one of the most fundamental capabilities for intelligent robots to accomplish the given task in unknown, dynamic environments. Visual servoing which utilizes direct feedback from image features to motion control has been used to realize such capability. Adaptive visual servoing has been proposed by Hosoda et al. (1994) to remedy the limitation of the conventional approach. This paper proposes an extension of the adaptive visual servoing for unknown moving object tracking. The method utilizes binocular stereo vision system, but does not need the knowledge of camera parameters. Only one assumption is needed: stationary references in the both images by which the system can predict the motion of unknown moving objects. The experimental results are shown and a discussion is given.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134432041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of sensing in motion stability of mobile robots","authors":"Jindong Tan, N. Xi, W. Kang","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815966","url":null,"abstract":"Generally, mobile robots are equipped with several kinds of sensors for locomotion environmental detection, etc. This paper presents a hybrid control system framework which considers a non-time based mobile robot controller and a discrete event controller combined with sensor fusion. The non-time based mobile robot controller supervised by the discrete event controller can track desired path while detecting and avoiding obstacles. This system structure has been implemented on a mobile robot. Experimental results demonstrate advantages of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121944138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of high-level multisensor fusion: approaches and applications","authors":"Ren C. Luo, K. L. Su","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815960","url":null,"abstract":"The potential advantages in multisensor fusion can be obtained more accurately, concerning feature that are impossible to perceive with individual sensors, as well as in less time, and at a lower cost. The characterization most commonly encountered in the rapidly growing multisensor fusion literature based on levels of detail in the information is that of the now well known triple low level (data level), medium level (feature level) and high level (decision level). The development of high-level multisensor fusion representations is very important, in the construction of advanced intelligent systems. The paper begins with a review on the fundamental principles about high-level multisensor fusion, together with some of the applications. Finally, we compare the decision algorithms in the high-level multisensor fusion.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127112985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Kawarnura, K. Hasegawa, O. Yamashita, Y. Sato, K. Ikeuchi
{"title":"Object recognition using local EGI and 3D models with M-estimators","authors":"K. Kawarnura, K. Hasegawa, O. Yamashita, Y. Sato, K. Ikeuchi","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815969","url":null,"abstract":"A robot using a tele-operated system greatly reduces the demands on the human operator, although some human intervention is still required. In order to automate some of the robot's capabilities, we have developed a 3D object-localization method for the robot's positional adjustment. The method is designed to be insensitive to noise and outliers while, at the same time, it has optimal run-time efficiency. Our algorithm is general enough to be applied not only to our dual-armed mobile robots but also to other tele-operation robots. This paper first describes our algorithm, and then presents the performance evaluation.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127498501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A MEMS high-speed rotation measurement system with MCNC fabricated motion and reference sensors using wireless transmission","authors":"W. Sun, T. Mei, W.-T. Ho, W.J. Li","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815994","url":null,"abstract":"A novel MEMS surface-micromachined non-contact high-speed rotation sensor with total surface area under 4 mm/sup 2/ was developed using the MCNC multi-user MEMS processes. This paper reports the initial characterization of the sensor and presents the results of transmitting the sensor data via various commercial wireless transmission chips. Initial results indicate that this piezoresistive sensor is capable of measuring rotation speeds from 1000 to 4000 rpm with linear output. The responsivity of the sensor is 3 Hz/rpm in this region.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115463383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving efficient multi-sensory perception through predictive correction of monitoring errors","authors":"T. Celinski, B. McCarragher","doi":"10.1109/MFI.1999.815971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MFI.1999.815971","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel approach to managing the quality and cost of perception in a multi-sensor robotic system. The approach involves prediction of monitoring errors of a range of process monitors using a weighted least squares algorithm, and minimization of the cost of monitoring constrained by the desired level of monitoring performance. Two significant characteristics of the approach are: (1) dynamic, real-time management of process monitors, and (2) the ability to deliver high quality information while keeping the cost of perception low.","PeriodicalId":148154,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/SICE/RSJ. International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI'99 (Cat. No.99TH8480)","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117337910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}