Variance-Constrained Filtering Fusion for Nonlinear Cyber-Physical Systems With the Denial-of-Service Attacks and Stochastic Communication Protocol

In this paper,a new filtering fusion problem is studied for nonlinear cyber-physical systems under errorvariance constraints and denial-of-service attacks.To prevent data collision and reduce communication cost,the stochastic communication protocol is adopted in the sensor-to-filter channels to regulate the transmission order of sensors.Each sensor is allowed to enter the network according to the transmission priority decided by a set of independent and identicallydistributed random variables.From the defenders’view,the occurrence of the denial-of-service attack is governed by the randomly Bernoulli-distributed sequence.At the local filtering stage,a set of variance-constrained local filters are designed where the upper bounds(on the filtering error covariances)are first acquired and later minimized by appropriately designing filter parameters.At the fusion stage,all local estimates and error covariances are combined to develop a variance-constrained fusion estimator under the federated fusion rule.Furthermore,the performance of the fusion estimator is examined by studying the boundedness of the fused error covariance.A simulation example is finally presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed fusion estimator.

Multi-source image fusion algorithm based on fast weighted guided filter

In last few years,guided image fusion algorithms become more and more popular.However,the current algorithms cannot solve the halo artifacts.We propose an image fusion algorithm based on fast weighted guided filter.Firstly,the source images are separated into a series of high and low frequency components.Secondly,three visual features of the source image are extracted to construct a decision graph model.Thirdly,a fast weighted guided filter is raised to optimize the result obtained in the previous step and reduce the time complexity by considering the correlation among neighboring pixels.Finally,the image obtained in the previous step is combined with the weight map to realize the image fusion.The proposed algorithm is applied to multi-focus,visible-infrared and multi-modal image respectively and the final results show that the algorithm effectively solves the halo artifacts of the merged images with higher efficiency,and is better than the traditional method considering subjective visual consequent and objective evaluation.

A Fusion Kalman Filter and UFIR Estimator Using the Influence Function Method

In this paper,the Kalman filter(KF)and the unbiased finite impulse response(UFIR)filter are fused in the discrete-time state-space to improve robustness against uncertainties.To avoid the problem where fusion filters may give up some advantages of UFIR filters by fusing based on noise statistics,we attempt to find a way to fuse without using noise statistics.The fusion filtering algorithm is derived using the influence function that provides a quantified measure for disturbances on the resulting filtering outputs and is termed as an influence finite impulse response(IFIR)filter.The main advantage of the proposed method is that the noise statistics of process noise and measurement noise are no longer required in the fusion process,showing that a critical feature of the UFIR filter is inherited.One numerical example and a practice-oriented case are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.It is shown that the IFIR filter has adaptive performance and can automatically switch from the Kalman estimate to the UFIR estimates according to operating conditions.Moreover,the proposed method can reduce the effects of optimal horizon length on the UFIR estimate and can give the state estimates of best accuracy among all the compared methods.

Research on Kalman-filter based multisensor data fusion

Multisensor data fusion has played a significant role in diverse areas ranging from local robot guidance to global military theatre defense etc. Various multisensor data fusion methods have been extensively investigated by researchers, of which Klaman filtering is one of the most important. Kalman filtering is the best-known recursive least mean-square algorithm to optimally estimate the unknown states of a dynamic system, which has found widespread application in many areas. The scope of the work is restricted to investigate the various data fusion and track fusion techniques based on the Kalman Filter methods, then a new method of state fusion is proposed. Finally the simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the introduced method.

Self-tuning weighted measurement fusion Kalman filter and its convergence

For multisensor systems,when the model parameters and the noise variances are unknown,the consistent fused estimators of the model parameters and noise variances are obtained,based on the system identification algorithm,correlation method and least squares fusion criterion.Substituting these consistent estimators into the optimal weighted measurement fusion Kalman filter,a self-tuning weighted measurement fusion Kalman filter is presented.Using the dynamic error system analysis （DESA） method,the convergence of the self-tuning weighted measurement fusion Kalman filter is proved,i.e.,the self-tuning Kalman filter converges to the corresponding optimal Kalman filter in a realization.Therefore,the self-tuning weighted measurement fusion Kalman filter has asymptotic global optimality.One simulation example for a 4-sensor target tracking system verifies its effectiveness.

Hierarchical particle filter tracking algorithm based on multi-feature fusion

A hierarchical particle filter（HPF） framework based on multi-feature fusion is proposed.The proposed HPF effectively uses different feature information to avoid the tracking failure based on the single feature in a complicated environment.In this approach,the Harris algorithm is introduced to detect the corner points of the object,and the corner matching algorithm based on singular value decomposition is used to compute the firstorder weights and make particles centralize in the high likelihood area.Then the local binary pattern（LBP） operator is used to build the observation model of the target based on the color and texture features,by which the second-order weights of particles and the accurate location of the target can be obtained.Moreover,a backstepping controller is proposed to complete the whole tracking system.Simulations and experiments are carried out,and the results show that the HPF algorithm with the backstepping controller achieves stable and accurate tracking with good robustness in complex environments.

Sensor Fusion with Square-Root Cubature Information Filtering

This paper derives a square-root information-type filtering algorithm for nonlinear multi-sensor fusion problems using the cubature Kalman filter theory. The resulting filter is called the square-root cubature Information filter (SCIF). The SCIF propagates the square-root information matrices derived from numerically stable matrix operations and is therefore numerically robust. The SCIF is applied to a highly maneuvering target tracking problem in a distributed sensor network with feedback. The SCIF’s performance is finally compared with the regular cubature information filter and the traditional extended information filter. The results, presented herein, indicate that the SCIF is the most reliable of all three filters and yields a more accurate estimate than the extended information filter.

Suboptimal distributed Kalman filtering fusion with feedback

In order to improve the accuracy of fusion algorithm, feedback is introduced into Kalman filtering fusion. Fusion center broadcasts its latest estimated states to the local sensors, which can improve the performance of local tracking error through reducing the oovariance of each local error, and only needs calculating the trace of error variance matrices without calculating the inverse of error variance matrices. Simulation results show that it can reduce the ecmputational complexity and the oovariance of error, and it is oonvenient for engineering applications.

Particle Filter Data Fusion Enhancements for MEMS-IMU/GPS

This research aims at enhancing the accuracy of navigation systems by integrating GPS and Mi-cro-Electro-Mechanical-System (MEMS) based inertial measurement units (IMU). Because of the conditions re-quired by the large number of restrictions on empirical data, a conventional Extended Kalman Filtering (EKF) is limited to apply in navigation systems by integrating MEMS-IMU/GPS. In response to non-linear non-Gaussian dynamic models of the inertial sensors, the methods rely on a particle cloud representation of the filtering distribution which evolves through time using importance sampling and resampling ideas. Then Particle Filtering (PF) can be used to data fusion of the inertial information and real-time updates from the GPS location and speed of information accurately. The experiments show that PF as opposed to EKF is more effective in raising MEMS-IMU/GPS navigation system’s data integration accuracy.

Multi-sensor Hybrid Fusion Algorithm Based on Adaptive Square-root Cubature Kalman Filter

In the normal operation condition, a conventional square-root cubature Kalman filter （SRCKF） gives sufficiently good estimation results. However, if the measurements are not reliable, the SRCKF may give inaccurate results and diverges by time. This study introduces an adaptive SRCKF algorithm with the filter gain correction for the case of measurement malfunctions. By proposing a switching criterion, an optimal filter is selected from the adaptive and conventional SRCKF according to the measurement quality. A subsystem soft fault detection algorithm is built with the filter residual. Utilizing a clear subsystem fault coefficient, the faulty subsystem is isolated as a result of the system reconstruction. In order to improve the performance of the multi-sensor system, a hybrid fusion algorithm is presented based on the adaptive SRCKF. The state and error covariance matrix are also predicted by the priori fusion estimates, and are updated by the predicted and estimated information of subsystems. The proposed algorithms were applied to the vessel dynamic positioning system simulation. They were compared with normal SRCKF and local estimation weighted fusion algorithm. The simulation results show that the presented adaptive SRCKF improves the robustness of subsystem filtering, and the hybrid fusion algorithm has the better performance. The simulation verifies the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

Distributed Reduced-order Optimal Fusion Kalman Filters for Stochastic Singular Systems

Based on the optimal fusion algorithm weighted by matrices in the linear minimum variance (LMV) sense, a distributed full-order optimal fusion Kalman filter (DFFKF) is given for discrete-time stochastic singular systems with multiple sensors, which involves the inverse of a high-dimension matrix to compute matrix weights. To reduce the computational burden, a distributed reduced-order fusion Kalman filter (DRFKF) is presented, which involves in parallel the inverses of two relatively low-dimension matrices to compute matrix weights. A simulation example shows the effectiveness.

Distributed multisensor data fusion based on Kalman filtering and the parallel implementation

The purpose of data fusion is to produce an improved model or estimate of a system from a set of independent data sources. Various multisensor data fusion approaches exist, in which Kalman filtering is important. In this paper, a fusion algorithm based on multisensor systems is discussed and a distributed multisensor data fusion algorithm based on Kalman filtering presented. The algorithm has been implemented on cluster-based high performance computers. Experimental results show that the method produces precise estimation in considerably reduced execution time.

Fault tolerant navigation method for satellite based on information fusion and unscented Kalman filter

An effective autonomous navigation system for the integration of star sensor,infrared horizon sensor,magnetometer,radar altimeter and ultraviolet sensor is developed.The requirements of the integrated navigation system manager make optimum use of the various navigation sensors and allow rapid fault detection,isolation and recovery.The normal full fusion feedback method of federated unscented Kalman filter（UKF） cannot meet the needs of it.So a no-reset feedback federated Kalman filter architecture is developed and used in the autonomous navigation system.The minimal skew sigma points are chosen to improve the calculation speed.Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the advantages of the algorithm.These advantages include improved failure detection and correction,improved computational efficiency,and reliability.Additionally,its＇ accuracy is higher than that of the full fusion feedback method.

Cubature Kalman probability hypothesis density filter based on multi-sensor consistency fusion

The GM-PHD framework as recursion realization of PHD filter is extensively applied to multitarget tracking system. A new idea of improving the estimation precision of time-varying multi-target in non-linear system is proposed due to the advantage of computation efficiency in this paper. First,a novel cubature Kalman probability hypothesis density filter is designed for single sensor measurement system under the Gaussian mixture framework. Second,the consistency fusion strategy for multi-sensor measurement is proposed through constructing consistency matrix. Furthermore,to take the advantage of consistency fusion strategy,fused measurement is introduced in the update step of cubature Kalman probability hypothesis density filter to replace the single-sensor measurement. Then a cubature Kalman probability hypothesis density filter based on multi-sensor consistency fusion is proposed. Capabilily of the proposed algorithm is illustrated through simulation scenario of multi-sensor multi-target tracking.

基于渐进高斯滤波融合的多视角人体姿态估计

针对视觉遮挡引起的人体姿态估计(Human pose estimation, HPE)性能下降问题,提出基于渐进高斯滤波(Progressive Gaussian filtering, PGF)融合的人体姿态估计方法.首先,设计分层性能评估方法对多视觉量测进行分类处理,以适应视觉遮挡引起的量测不确定性问题.其次,构建分布式渐进贝叶斯滤波融合框架,以及设计一种分层分类融合估计方法来提升复杂量测融合的鲁棒性和准确性.特别地,针对量测统计特性变化问题,利用局部估计间的交互信息来引导渐进量测更新,从而隐式地补偿量测不确定性.最后,仿真与实验结果表明,相比于现有的方法,所提的人体姿态估计方法具有更高的准确性和鲁棒性.

基于动态视觉传感器的无人机目标检测与避障

针对无人机在动态环境中感知动态目标与躲避高速动态障碍物,提出了基于动态视觉传感器的目标检测与避障算法。设计了滤波方法和运动补偿算法,滤除事件流中背景噪声、热点噪声及由相机自身运动产生的冗余事件;设计了一种融合事件图像和RGB图像的动态目标融合检测算法,保证检测的可靠性。根据检测结果对目标运动轨迹进行估计,结合障碍物运动特点和无人机动力学约束改进速度障碍法躲避动态障碍物。大量仿真试验、手持试验及飞行试验验证了所提算法的可行性。

利用伯努利滤波的多目标机动雷达误差配准方法

传统的组网雷达多目标误差配准方法通常假设数据关联关系已知,但在平台机动的情况下,系统同时存在雷达测量偏差和平台姿态角偏差,且雷达观测过程中会受到杂波干扰,导致数据关联尤为困难。针对这一问题,该文提出一种基于伯努利滤波的多目标机动雷达误差配准方法。首先建立系统偏差的量测与状态方程,然后将系统偏差建模成伯努利随机有限集,利用公共坐标系下的原始量测可实现系统偏差在伯努利滤波框架下的递推估计,有效避免了数据关联问题。同时,为了充分利用多目标量测信息,提出一种修正的贪婪量测划分方法,在每个滤波时刻挑选出系统偏差对应的最优量测子集,利用量测子集中的多量测信息实现系统偏差的集中式融合估计,提高了系统偏差的估计精度和收敛速度。仿真实验表明,所提方法能够在数据关联未知的多目标多杂波场景下对雷达测量偏差和平台姿态角偏差进行有效估计,在平台姿态角变化率较低时,所提方法具有较强的适应性。

基于改进ESKF的植保无人机时延位姿补偿算法

为解决全球导航卫星系统和惯性测量单元融合时间不同步问题,提高植保无人机位姿估计精度,本文根据植保无人机大惯性、强振动的特性提出一种基于改进误差状态卡尔曼的时延位姿补偿算法。首先对名义状态变量线性预测,引入渐消因子提高强振动环境下的系统稳定性;接着采用互补滤波对角速度补偿,对姿态误差状态变量修正;最后结合测量的延迟时间,使用互补滤波外推数据,提高大惯性特性下的速度位置精度。实验结果表明,相较于误差状态卡尔曼算法,横滚角和俯仰角均方根误差减少0.2669°和0.2414°,偏航角均方根误差减少0.0764°;正常航迹植保作业下,东北天方向速度均方根误差减少0.2105、0.1849、0.2388 m/s;东北天方向位置均方根误差分别减少0.21、0.19、0.23 m,有效提高位姿估计精度。