This paper proposed an algorithm on simultaneous position estimation and calibration of omnidirectional camera parameters for a group of multiple mobile robots. It is aimed at developing of exploration and information...This paper proposed an algorithm on simultaneous position estimation and calibration of omnidirectional camera parameters for a group of multiple mobile robots. It is aimed at developing of exploration and information gathering robotic system in unknown environment. Here, each mobile robot is not possible to know its own position. It can only estimate its own position by using the measurement value including white noise acquired by two omnidirectional cameras mounted on it. Each mobile robot is able to obtain the distance to those robots observed from the images of two omnidirectional cameras while making calibration during moving but not in advance. Simulation of three robots moving straightly shows the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.展开更多
In order to achieve a high precision in three-dimensional(3D) multi-camera measurement system, an efficient multi-cameracalibration method is proposed. A stitching method of large scalecalibration targets is deduced...In order to achieve a high precision in three-dimensional(3D) multi-camera measurement system, an efficient multi-cameracalibration method is proposed. A stitching method of large scalecalibration targets is deduced, and a fundamental of multi-cameracalibration based on the large scale calibration target is provided.To avoid the shortcomings of the method, the vector differencesof reprojection error with the presence of the constraint conditionof the constant rigid body transformation is modelled, and mini-mized by the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) method. Results of thesimulation and observation data calibration experiment show thatthe accuracy of the system calibrated by the proposed methodreaches 2 mm when measuring distance section of 20 000 mmand scale section of 7 000 mm × 7 000 mm. Consequently, theproposed method of multi-camera calibration performs better thanthe fundamental in stability. This technique offers a more uniformerror distribution for measuring large scale space.展开更多
High-accuracy position monitoring of key components is required for modern synchrotron sources,such as free-electron lasers and diffraction-limited storage rings.Although various position monitoring sensors have been ...High-accuracy position monitoring of key components is required for modern synchrotron sources,such as free-electron lasers and diffraction-limited storage rings.Although various position monitoring sensors have been adopted to monitor the displacement of key components in each direction in real time,these monitoring systems are usually based on their own coordinate system.Data from such systems are meaningful when evaluating and examining the data from each positioning monitoring system in a unified coordinate system.This paper presents the design and construction of a multi-sensor position monitoring system(MPMS).A hydrostatic levelling system,a wire position sensor(WPS) and a tiltmeter are fixed to a stainless steel plate that has been calibrated by a coordinate-measurement machine.Several plates form the MPMS.The system must compensate for the sag of the stretched wires so that the WPSs create a straight line.The method of the coordinate transformation from the sensor coordinate system to the MPMS coordinate system was thoroughly studied.An experimental MPMS that includes five plates was setup in a 20-m tunnel,and a validation study to verify fully the feasibility of the MPMS was performed.展开更多
This paper proposes a novel indoor positioning scheme based on visible light communication(VLC).A new indoor VLC positioning scheme using fingerprint database with multi-parameters have been raised.We conduct simulati...This paper proposes a novel indoor positioning scheme based on visible light communication(VLC).A new indoor VLC positioning scheme using fingerprint database with multi-parameters have been raised.We conduct simulation and experimental research on the illumination intensity distribution of several direction parameters.In the experiment,four LED matrixes are identified by LED-ID with room dimensions of 3.75×4.00×2.7 m^3.The results show that the mean of the location error is 0.22 m in the receiving plane,verifying the correctness and feasibility of the positioning scheme.展开更多
Demand for precise vehicle positioning(VP)increases as autonomous vehicles have recently been drawing attention.This paper proposes a scheme for positioning vehicles on the move based on optical camera communication(O...Demand for precise vehicle positioning(VP)increases as autonomous vehicles have recently been drawing attention.This paper proposes a scheme for positioning vehicles on the move based on optical camera communication(OCC)technology in the vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I)environment.Light-emitting diode(LED)streetlights and vehicle cameras are used as transmitters and receivers respectively.Regions of streetlights are detected and traced by examining images that are obtained from cameras of vehicles.Then,a scheme for analyzing visible light data extracted from the images is proposed.The proposed vehicle positioning scheme uses information on angles between vectors that are formed under the collinearity conditions between the absolute coordinates of at least three received streetlights,and the coordinates of an image sensor.The experiments are performed under stationary state and moving state at a speed of 5 and 20 km/h.To verify the reliability of the proposed scheme,a comparison is made between the actual and estimated location of the camera in the stationary state.In addition,the path of a moving vehicle and the estimated path of the vehicle are compared to check the performance of the scheme.The performance of the proposed technique is analyzed and experimental demonstration confirms that the proposed OCC-based VP scheme achieves positioning accuracy of under 1 m.展开更多
A lower bound to errors of measuring object position is constructed as a function of parameters of a monocular computer vision system (CVS) as well as of observation conditions and a shape of an observed marker. This ...A lower bound to errors of measuring object position is constructed as a function of parameters of a monocular computer vision system (CVS) as well as of observation conditions and a shape of an observed marker. This bound justifies the specification of the CVS parameters and allows us to formulate constraints for an object trajectory based on required measurement accuracy. For making the measurement, the boundaries of marker image are used.展开更多
This paper proposes the cooperative position estimation of a group of mobile robots, which pertbrms disaster relief tasks in a wide area. When searching the wide area, it becomes important to know a robot's position ...This paper proposes the cooperative position estimation of a group of mobile robots, which pertbrms disaster relief tasks in a wide area. When searching the wide area, it becomes important to know a robot's position correctly. However, for each mobile robot, it is impossible to know its own position correctly. Therefore, each mobile robot estimates its position from the data of sensor equipped on it. Generally, the sensor data is incorrect since there is sensor noise, etc. This research considers two types of the sensor data errors from omnidirectional camera. One is the error of white noise of the image captured by omnidirectional camera and so on. Another is the error of position and posture between two omnidirectional cameras. To solve the error of latter case, we proposed a self-position estimation algorithm for multiple mobile robots using two omnidirectional cameras and an accelerometer. On the other hand, to solve the error of the former case, this paper proposed an algorithm of cooperative position estimation for multiple mobile robots. In this algorithm, each mobile robot uses two omnidirectional cameras to observe the surrounding mobile robot and get the relative position between mobile robots. Each mobile robot estimates its position with only measurement data of each other mobile robots. The algorithm is based on a Bayesian filtering. Simulations of the proposed cooperative position estimation algorithm for multiple mobile robots are performed. The results show that position estimation is possible by only using measurement value from each other robot.展开更多
Accuracy is one of the most important key indices to evaluate multi-axis systems’ (MAS’s) characteristics and performances. The accuracy of MAS’s such as machine tools, measuring machines and robots is adversely af...Accuracy is one of the most important key indices to evaluate multi-axis systems’ (MAS’s) characteristics and performances. The accuracy of MAS’s such as machine tools, measuring machines and robots is adversely affected by various error sources, including geometric imperfections, thermal deformations, load effects, and dynamic disturbances. The increasing demand for higher dimensional accuracy in various industrial applications has created the need to develop cost-effective methods for enhancing the overall performance of these mechanisms. Improving the accuracy of a MAS by upgrading the physical structure would lead to an exponential increase in manufacturing costs without totally eliminating geometrical deviations and thermal deformations of MAS components. Hence, the idea of reducing MAS’s error by a software-based alternative approach to provide real-time prediction and correction of geometric and thermally induced errors is considered a strategic step toward achieving the full potential of the MAS. This paper presents a structured approach designed to improve the accuracy of Cartesian MAS’s through software error compensation. Four steps are required to develop and implement this approach: (i) measurement of error components using a multidimensional laser interferometer system, (ii) tridimensional volumetric error mapping using rigid body kinematics, (iii) volumetric error prediction via an artificial neural network model, and finally (iv) implementation of the on-line error compensation. An illustrative example using a bridge type coordinate measuring machine is presented.展开更多
This paper shows the method of estimating spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians by using watch cameras. We estimate the distribution without tracking technology, with pedestrian's privacy protected and in Umeda ...This paper shows the method of estimating spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians by using watch cameras. We estimate the distribution without tracking technology, with pedestrian's privacy protected and in Umeda underground mall. Lately spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians has being increasingly important in the field of urban planning, disaster prevention planning, marketing and so on. Although many researchers have tried to capture the information of location as dealing with some sensors, some problems still remain, such as the investment of sensors, the restriction of the number of people who has the device they are able to capture. From such background, we develop an original labelling algorithm and estimate the spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians and the information of the passing time and the direction of pedestrians from sequential images of a watch camera.展开更多
针对电动车辆无线电能传输(wireless power transfer,WPT)系统存在的半导体性能有限和定位困难的问题,提出了一种多对一高压无线充电自由定位系统。该系统采用逆变器串联输入的设计来适应高压应用场景,同时利用多绕组变压器实现逆变器...针对电动车辆无线电能传输(wireless power transfer,WPT)系统存在的半导体性能有限和定位困难的问题,提出了一种多对一高压无线充电自由定位系统。该系统采用逆变器串联输入的设计来适应高压应用场景,同时利用多绕组变压器实现逆变器的等效并联输出和向多路发射回路传输电能的功能,并采用了多对一的设计以扩大电动车的定位范围以实现无线充电的自由定位功能。为分析多绕组变压器的工作机理和研究多对一拓扑的能量传输特性,进行了等效电路分析和MATLAB仿真,并制作实验室原型样机进行了实验验证。基于实验和仿真结果,提出了一种基于多对一WPT拓扑的混合工作模式,可以有效地扩大电动车辆无线充电时的定位范围。研究和分析表明,文中所提出的拓扑结构可以有效地提高系统的输入电压以应用于高压场景,并能有效扩大电动车辆无线充电时的定位范围以实现自由定位。展开更多
文摘This paper proposed an algorithm on simultaneous position estimation and calibration of omnidirectional camera parameters for a group of multiple mobile robots. It is aimed at developing of exploration and information gathering robotic system in unknown environment. Here, each mobile robot is not possible to know its own position. It can only estimate its own position by using the measurement value including white noise acquired by two omnidirectional cameras mounted on it. Each mobile robot is able to obtain the distance to those robots observed from the images of two omnidirectional cameras while making calibration during moving but not in advance. Simulation of three robots moving straightly shows the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61473100)
文摘In order to achieve a high precision in three-dimensional(3D) multi-camera measurement system, an efficient multi-cameracalibration method is proposed. A stitching method of large scalecalibration targets is deduced, and a fundamental of multi-cameracalibration based on the large scale calibration target is provided.To avoid the shortcomings of the method, the vector differencesof reprojection error with the presence of the constraint conditionof the constant rigid body transformation is modelled, and mini-mized by the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) method. Results of thesimulation and observation data calibration experiment show thatthe accuracy of the system calibrated by the proposed methodreaches 2 mm when measuring distance section of 20 000 mmand scale section of 7 000 mm × 7 000 mm. Consequently, theproposed method of multi-camera calibration performs better thanthe fundamental in stability. This technique offers a more uniformerror distribution for measuring large scale space.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11275192)the upgrade project of Hefei Light Source
文摘High-accuracy position monitoring of key components is required for modern synchrotron sources,such as free-electron lasers and diffraction-limited storage rings.Although various position monitoring sensors have been adopted to monitor the displacement of key components in each direction in real time,these monitoring systems are usually based on their own coordinate system.Data from such systems are meaningful when evaluating and examining the data from each positioning monitoring system in a unified coordinate system.This paper presents the design and construction of a multi-sensor position monitoring system(MPMS).A hydrostatic levelling system,a wire position sensor(WPS) and a tiltmeter are fixed to a stainless steel plate that has been calibrated by a coordinate-measurement machine.Several plates form the MPMS.The system must compensate for the sag of the stretched wires so that the WPSs create a straight line.The method of the coordinate transformation from the sensor coordinate system to the MPMS coordinate system was thoroughly studied.An experimental MPMS that includes five plates was setup in a 20-m tunnel,and a validation study to verify fully the feasibility of the MPMS was performed.
基金supported by ZTE Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Funds under Grant No.2014ZTE02-12
文摘This paper proposes a novel indoor positioning scheme based on visible light communication(VLC).A new indoor VLC positioning scheme using fingerprint database with multi-parameters have been raised.We conduct simulation and experimental research on the illumination intensity distribution of several direction parameters.In the experiment,four LED matrixes are identified by LED-ID with room dimensions of 3.75×4.00×2.7 m^3.The results show that the mean of the location error is 0.22 m in the receiving plane,verifying the correctness and feasibility of the positioning scheme.
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korean government(NRF-2018R1A2B6002204).
文摘Demand for precise vehicle positioning(VP)increases as autonomous vehicles have recently been drawing attention.This paper proposes a scheme for positioning vehicles on the move based on optical camera communication(OCC)technology in the vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I)environment.Light-emitting diode(LED)streetlights and vehicle cameras are used as transmitters and receivers respectively.Regions of streetlights are detected and traced by examining images that are obtained from cameras of vehicles.Then,a scheme for analyzing visible light data extracted from the images is proposed.The proposed vehicle positioning scheme uses information on angles between vectors that are formed under the collinearity conditions between the absolute coordinates of at least three received streetlights,and the coordinates of an image sensor.The experiments are performed under stationary state and moving state at a speed of 5 and 20 km/h.To verify the reliability of the proposed scheme,a comparison is made between the actual and estimated location of the camera in the stationary state.In addition,the path of a moving vehicle and the estimated path of the vehicle are compared to check the performance of the scheme.The performance of the proposed technique is analyzed and experimental demonstration confirms that the proposed OCC-based VP scheme achieves positioning accuracy of under 1 m.
文摘A lower bound to errors of measuring object position is constructed as a function of parameters of a monocular computer vision system (CVS) as well as of observation conditions and a shape of an observed marker. This bound justifies the specification of the CVS parameters and allows us to formulate constraints for an object trajectory based on required measurement accuracy. For making the measurement, the boundaries of marker image are used.
文摘This paper proposes the cooperative position estimation of a group of mobile robots, which pertbrms disaster relief tasks in a wide area. When searching the wide area, it becomes important to know a robot's position correctly. However, for each mobile robot, it is impossible to know its own position correctly. Therefore, each mobile robot estimates its position from the data of sensor equipped on it. Generally, the sensor data is incorrect since there is sensor noise, etc. This research considers two types of the sensor data errors from omnidirectional camera. One is the error of white noise of the image captured by omnidirectional camera and so on. Another is the error of position and posture between two omnidirectional cameras. To solve the error of latter case, we proposed a self-position estimation algorithm for multiple mobile robots using two omnidirectional cameras and an accelerometer. On the other hand, to solve the error of the former case, this paper proposed an algorithm of cooperative position estimation for multiple mobile robots. In this algorithm, each mobile robot uses two omnidirectional cameras to observe the surrounding mobile robot and get the relative position between mobile robots. Each mobile robot estimates its position with only measurement data of each other mobile robots. The algorithm is based on a Bayesian filtering. Simulations of the proposed cooperative position estimation algorithm for multiple mobile robots are performed. The results show that position estimation is possible by only using measurement value from each other robot.
文摘Accuracy is one of the most important key indices to evaluate multi-axis systems’ (MAS’s) characteristics and performances. The accuracy of MAS’s such as machine tools, measuring machines and robots is adversely affected by various error sources, including geometric imperfections, thermal deformations, load effects, and dynamic disturbances. The increasing demand for higher dimensional accuracy in various industrial applications has created the need to develop cost-effective methods for enhancing the overall performance of these mechanisms. Improving the accuracy of a MAS by upgrading the physical structure would lead to an exponential increase in manufacturing costs without totally eliminating geometrical deviations and thermal deformations of MAS components. Hence, the idea of reducing MAS’s error by a software-based alternative approach to provide real-time prediction and correction of geometric and thermally induced errors is considered a strategic step toward achieving the full potential of the MAS. This paper presents a structured approach designed to improve the accuracy of Cartesian MAS’s through software error compensation. Four steps are required to develop and implement this approach: (i) measurement of error components using a multidimensional laser interferometer system, (ii) tridimensional volumetric error mapping using rigid body kinematics, (iii) volumetric error prediction via an artificial neural network model, and finally (iv) implementation of the on-line error compensation. An illustrative example using a bridge type coordinate measuring machine is presented.
基金Partially Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)(No.25240004)
文摘This paper shows the method of estimating spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians by using watch cameras. We estimate the distribution without tracking technology, with pedestrian's privacy protected and in Umeda underground mall. Lately spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians has being increasingly important in the field of urban planning, disaster prevention planning, marketing and so on. Although many researchers have tried to capture the information of location as dealing with some sensors, some problems still remain, such as the investment of sensors, the restriction of the number of people who has the device they are able to capture. From such background, we develop an original labelling algorithm and estimate the spatiotemporal distribution of pedestrians and the information of the passing time and the direction of pedestrians from sequential images of a watch camera.
文摘针对电动车辆无线电能传输(wireless power transfer,WPT)系统存在的半导体性能有限和定位困难的问题,提出了一种多对一高压无线充电自由定位系统。该系统采用逆变器串联输入的设计来适应高压应用场景,同时利用多绕组变压器实现逆变器的等效并联输出和向多路发射回路传输电能的功能,并采用了多对一的设计以扩大电动车的定位范围以实现无线充电的自由定位功能。为分析多绕组变压器的工作机理和研究多对一拓扑的能量传输特性,进行了等效电路分析和MATLAB仿真,并制作实验室原型样机进行了实验验证。基于实验和仿真结果,提出了一种基于多对一WPT拓扑的混合工作模式,可以有效地扩大电动车辆无线充电时的定位范围。研究和分析表明,文中所提出的拓扑结构可以有效地提高系统的输入电压以应用于高压场景,并能有效扩大电动车辆无线充电时的定位范围以实现自由定位。