Yipeng Ning, Wengang Sang, Guobiao Yao, Jingxue Bi, Shida Wang
{"title":"GNSS/MIMU tightly coupled integrated with improved multi-state ZUPT/DZUPT constraints for a Land vehicle in GNSS-denied enviroments","authors":"Yipeng Ning, Wengang Sang, Guobiao Yao, Jingxue Bi, Shida Wang","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1829718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1829718","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A GNSS/INS integrated navigation system has been intensively developed and widely applied in multiple areas. It can provide high accuracy position, velocity and attitude for vehicle with appropriate data fusion algorithm. However, the overall performance of a low-cost GNSS/MEMS IMU frequently degrades in shaded environment. The traditional constraints GNSS/MIMU algorithm based on zero-velocity detection can effectively increase positioning performance, but easily be susceptible to false detection. This article aims to improve a ZUPT/DZUPT constraints model to improve the accuracy of navigation solutions during satellites signal blockages for different motion states. Firstly, we present a tightly coupled strategy to integrate GPS/BDS and INS by applying EKF. Then, a compositive static zero-velocity detection scheme is carried out by using the Vondrak low pass filter, GNSS/INS calculated velocity and the original data of INS. Meanwhile, a dynamic ZUPT constraint model is also constructed based on the motion characteristics of vehicle. An vehicle test was performed to validate the new algorithm. The results indicate that proposed method can effectively improve the success rate of zero-velocity detection. When the satellite signal is interrupted for 120 s, the position and velocity accuracy of the vehicle are improved by 74.7%~ 96% and 47%~ 86.2% respectively.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1829718","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48800079","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}
Ye Tao, Long Zhao, Xiaorong Shen, Zhinpeng Chen, Qieqie Zhang
{"title":"WiFi indoor positioning based on regularized online sequence extreme learning machine","authors":"Ye Tao, Long Zhao, Xiaorong Shen, Zhinpeng Chen, Qieqie Zhang","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1821100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1821100","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT WiFi positioning based on fingerprint has received widespread attention and practical applications. However, the fingerprints are susceptible to environmental changes, such as shadowing, multipath, temperature, humidity and obstacles. Due to the instability of received signal strength (RSS), it brings plenty of difficult for WiFi positioning with high accuracy. In this paper, a regularised online sequence extreme learning machine with forgetting parameters (FP-ELM) is adopted to solve the issue accordingly. Forgetting factor and regular factor are adopted in FP-ELM to cope with the time-varying nature of RSS and overcome the issue of irreversible matrix in OS-ELM. The fast running speed of the online sequence extreme learning machine (OS-ELM) is also maintained in FP-ELM. Extensive experiments are carried out in simulation and real experimental areas to explore the characteristics of FP-ELM. Moreover, the positioning results of FP-ELM are compared with the conventional algorithms (OS-ELM and KNN). The simulation and experimental results show when the regular factor is set properly, the positioning result based on FP-ELM algorithm is better than conventional algorithms Figures 1.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1821100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43307138","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 Robust Unscented Kalman Filter applied to Ultra-wideband Positioning","authors":"Chuanyang Wang, Yipeng Ning, Xin Li, Haobo Li","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1813816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1813816","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ultra-wideband (UWB) is well suited for indoor positioning due to its high resolution and good penetration through objects. As one of nonlinear filter algorithms, unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is widely used to estimate the position. However, UKF cannot resist the effect of outliers. The performance of the filter algorithm will be inevitably influenced. In this study, a robust UKF (RUKF) method accompanied by hypothesis test and robust estimation is proposed. Furthermore, the simulation and measurement experiments are performed to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed RUKF. Simulation experiment results are given to demonstrate that the RUKF can effectively control the influences of the outliers being treated as systematic errors and large variance random errors. When the outliers come from the thick-tailed distribution, the robust estimation does not play a role, and the RUKF does not work well. The measured experiment results show that the outliers will be generated in the non-line-of-sight environment whose impact is abnormally serious. The robust estimation can provide relatively reliable optimised residuals and control the influences of the outliers caused by gross errors. We can believe that the proposed RUKF is effective to resist the effects of outliers and improves the positioning accuracy.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1813816","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44470314","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":"Reference trajectory-based coverage analysis method in three-dimensional space for multi-radio integrated navigation systems","authors":"J. Son, S. Oh, D. Hwang","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1813814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1813814","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT GPS can be integrated with other radio navigation systems when GPS signals are not available due to navigation warfare. Before deploying navigation signal sources, the coverage analysis can be performed in order to check a required navigation performance is satisfied in 2-dimensional space. Usually, the coverage analysis is performed for the area in which a vehicle is operated. When an air vehicle is operated and the method in 2-dimensional is directly extended, the computational load can be excessively heavy. In this paper, a reference trajectory-based coverage analysis method for multi-radio integrated navigation systems is proposed using CRLB in order to alleviate computational burden in 3-dimensional space. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated for 2 trajectories and 6 arrangements of navigation signal sources. The results show that the proposed method can be used in the coverage analysis in 3-dimensional space.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1813814","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46416728","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":"Performance evaluation of low-cost GPS/INS in-motion alignment model under ECEF frame","authors":"Yunrui Zhang, Qiuzhao Zhang, Chun Ma","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1813815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1813815","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Low-cost GPS/INS integration system is the ideal combination of navigation and positioning. However, the sensitivity of low-cost INS is not good enough for the initial alignment in statics base before navigation. Considering this problem, this paper presents an arbitrary misalignment angle error propagation model which does not rely on small misalignment angles assumption and two simplified versions. These models are presented in the ECEF frame approach and are suitable to implement the in-motion alignment with GPS aided. Another three error models based on quaternion, Rodrigues parameters and modified Rodrigues parameters were also proposed. Three experiments were designed to verify the accuracy and computational efficiency of these error models. The experiments’ results showed that the small misalignment angle model was applicable to the small misalignment angle for higher computational efficiency but without improvement of accuracy. And the large misalignment angle is the best error model for the initial alignment of the arbitrary misalignment angle.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1813815","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47603137","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 fusion method for infrared and visible images based on iterative guided filtering and two channel adaptive pulse coupled neural network","authors":"Qiufeng Fan, F. Hou, Feng Shi","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1814877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1814877","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In order to make full use of the important features of the source image, an infrared and visible fusion method based on iterative guided filtering and two-channel adaptive pulse coupled neural network is proposed. The input image is decomposed into basic layer, small scale layer and large scale layer by an iterative guide filter. The base layer is fused by combining pixel energy and gradient energy. Then we fuse the large scale layer and small scale layer via two-channel adaptive pulse coupled neural network. The fused image is obtained by the inverse mixing multi-scale decomposition method. Experimental results show that compared with other multi-scale decomposition methods, the proposed method can better separate spatial overlapping features, and preserve more detailed information in fused image, effectively suppress artefacts.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1814877","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45102494","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 multi-focus image fusion method based on watershed segmentation and IHS image fusion","authors":"Shaheera Rashwan, A.E. Youssef, B. A. Youssef","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1791262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1791262","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT High magnification optical cameras, such as microscopes or macro-photography, cannot capture an object that is totally in focus. In this case, image acquisition is done by capturing the object/scene with the camera using a set of images with different focuses, then fusing to produce an ‘all-in-focus’ image that is clear everywhere. This process is called multi-focus image fusion. In this paper, a method named Watershed on Intensity Hue Saturation (WIHS) is proposed to fuse multi-focus images. First, the defocused images are fused using IHS image fusion. Then the marker controlled watershed segmentation algorithm is utilized to segment the fused image. Finally, the Sum-Modified of Laplacian is applied to measure the focus of multi-focus images on each region and the region with higher focus measure is chosen from its corresponding image to compute the all-in- focus resulted image. The experiment results show that WIHS has best performance in quantitative comparison with other methods.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1791262","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45069348","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":"Practical applications on sustainable development goals in IJIDF","authors":"Jixian Zhang","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1755083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1755083","url":null,"abstract":"Since the inception of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda has provided a blueprint for shared prosperity in a sustainable world where a...","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1755083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43402067","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}
Deng Yang, Jian Wang, Minmin Wang, Houzeng Han, Yalei Zhang
{"title":"Accuracy analysis of Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging and positioning in NLOS environment","authors":"Deng Yang, Jian Wang, Minmin Wang, Houzeng Han, Yalei Zhang","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1752314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1752314","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Aiming at the low accuracy of Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging and positioning in NLOS environment, a non-line of sight (NLOS) Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging method based on the NLOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging model and an NLOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy positioning algorithm based on the TLS method and the triangular positioning algorithm are proposed. Firstly, an line-of-sight (LOS) Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging model is established by RSSI value and actual distance between the Bluetooth-Low-Energy beacon and the terminal equipment. Secondly, based on the LOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging model and the threshold-corrected RSSI peak, an NLOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging model is established. Thirdly, the NLOS RSSI value is processed by the NLOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging model to obtain the optimal ranging value. Finally, high precision positioning coordinates can be obtained by using NLOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy positioning algorithm and optimal Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging. In this paper, two experiments are carried out, and the experimental results show that: in the range of 7 m, the average ranging accuracy of the improved NLOS Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging method is 0.37 m, which is improved 49.19% when compared to the traditional method’s results. The average positioning accuracy is 0.4 m using the positioning algorithm proposed in this paper. Therefore, in NLOS environment, the proposed ranging method and positioning algorithm can significantly improve the accuracy of Bluetooth-Low-Energy ranging and positioning.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1752314","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48013980","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":"Enabling real-time and high accuracy tracking with COTS RFID devices","authors":"K. Zhao, Binghao Li","doi":"10.1080/19479832.2020.1752315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19479832.2020.1752315","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT RFID technology has been widely used for object tracking in the industry. Very high accuracy (centimetre level) positioning based on RFID carrier phase measurement has been reported. However, most of the proposed fine-grained tracking methods can only work with very strict preconditions. For example, some methods require either the reader or the tag to move along a certain one dimensional track at constant speed, while other methods need pre-deployed tags at known locations as reference points. This paper proposes a new approach which can track RFID tags without knowing the speed, the track and the initial location of the tag, and requiring only the antenna coordinates. The experiment results show that the algorithm can converge within 10 seconds and the average positioning accuracy can be at the centimetre level or even sub-centimetre level under different preconditions. The algorithm has also been optimised with a prediction-updating procedure to meet the requirements of post-processing and real-time tracking.","PeriodicalId":46012,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Image and Data Fusion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19479832.2020.1752315","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45455733","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}