Strong Tracking Particle Filter Based on the Chi-Square Test for Indoor Positioning

In recent years,a number of wireless indoor positioning(WIP),such as Bluetooth,Wi-Fi,and Ultra-Wideband(UWB)technologies,are emerging.However,the indoor environment is complex and changeable.Walls,pillars,and even pedestrians may block wireless signals and produce non-line-of-sight(NLOS)deviations,resulting in decreased positioning accuracy and the inability to provide people with real-time continuous indoor positioning.This work proposed a strong tracking particle filter based on the chi-square test(SPFC)for indoor positioning.SPFC can fuse indoor wireless signals and the information of the inertial sensing unit(IMU)in the smartphone and detect the NLOS deviation through the chi-square test to avoid the influence of the NLOS deviation on the final positioning result.Simulation experiment results show that the proposed SPFC can reduce the positioning error by 15.1%and 12.3% compared with existing fusion positioning systems in the LOS and NLOS environment.

基于改进Bytetrack的群体机器人跟踪算法

针对群体机器人在实际跟踪场景中常常受到遮挡、目标密集、尺度变换等因素的影响导致漏检、轨迹中断和ID频繁跳变等问题,基于Bytetrack跟踪算法,改进了卡尔曼滤波的状态变量,提出了噪声尺度自适应卡尔曼算法(NASA-Kalman),并在卡尔曼滤波中引入加速度参数(AMA)提高跟踪的准确性。实验表明,在MOTA、MOTP方面相较于原算法均有所提高。为了进一步验证跟踪算法的有效性,在MOT20数据集上对算法进行了评估,在MOTA、MOTP方面分别提高了0.65%和1.26%。

A strong tracking nonlinear robust filter for eye tracking

Non-intrusive methods for eye tracking are important for many applications of vision-based human computer interaction.However,due to the high nonlinearity of eye motion,how to ensure the robustness of external interference and accuracy of eye tracking pose the primary obstacle to the integration of eye movements into today＇s interfaces.In this paper,we present a strong tracking unscented Kalman filter （ST-UKF） algorithm,aiming to overcome the difficulty in nonlinear eye tracking.In the proposed ST-UKF,the Suboptimal fading factor of strong tracking filtering is introduced to improve robustness and accuracy of eye tracking.Compared with the related Kalman filter for eye tracking,the proposed ST-UKF has potential advantages in robustness and tracking accuracy.The last experimental results show the validity of our method for eye tracking under realistic conditions.

Sampling strong tracking nonlinear unscented Kalman filter and its application in eye tracking

The unscented Kalman filter is a developed well-known method for nonlinear motion estimation and tracking. However, the standard unscented Kalman filter has the inherent drawbacks, such as numerical instability and much more time spent on calculation in practical applications. In this paper, we present a novel sampling strong tracking nonlinear unscented Kalman filter, aiming to overcome the difficulty in nonlinear eye tracking. In the above proposed filter, the simplified unscented transform sampling strategy with n＋ 2 sigma points leads to the computational efficiency, and suboptimal fading factor of strong tracking filtering is introduced to improve robustness and accuracy of eye tracking. Compared with the related unscented Kalman filter for eye tracking, the proposed filter has potential advantages in robustness, convergence speed, and tracking accuracy. The final experimental results show the validity of our method for eye tracking under realistic conditions.

Modified unscented Kalman filter using modified filter gain and variance scale factor for highly maneuvering target tracking

To improve the low tracking precision caused by lagged filter gain or imprecise state noise when the target highly maneuvers, a modified unscented Kalman filter algorithm based on the improved filter gain and adaptive scale factor of state noise is presented. In every filter process, the estimated scale factor is used to update the state noise covariance Qk, and the improved filter gain is obtained in the filter process of unscented Kalman filter （UKF） via predicted variance Pk｜k-1, which is similar to the standard Kalman filter. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm provides better accuracy and ability to adapt to the highly maneuvering target compared with the standard UKF.

Gabor Order Tracking Filtering Technology in Rotary Machinery

Order analysis is one of the most important technique means of condition monitoring and fault diagnosis for rotary machinery.The traditional order analyses usually employ the Vold-Kalman filtering,however this method is confined to the expensive hardware equipments.This paper starts from Gabor transform and applies the Gabor time-frequency filtering to vibration signal.The order component＇s time-frequency coefficients are extracted by mask operation.The order component is reconstructed from the obtained coefficients.The following four key technologies,such as smoothing rotary speed curve,defining filtering band width,constructing the mask operation matrix and reconstructing signal component,are also deeply discussed.Moreover,the technique to smooth the rotary speed curve based on polynomial approximation,the method to determine filtering band width,the arithmetic to constitute mask array and the iterative algorithm to reconstruct signal based on minimum mean square error are specifically analyzed.The 4th order component is successfully gained by using the methods that Gabor time-frequency filter,and the validity and feasibility of this method are approved.This method can solve the problem of order tracking filter technologies which used to depend on hardware and efficiently improve the accuracy of order analysis.

An unscented particle filter for ground maneuvering target tracking

In this study, an unscented particle filtering method based on an interacting multiple model (IMM) frame for a Markovian switching system is presented. The method integrates the multiple model (MM) filter with an unscented particle filter (UPF) by an interaction step at the beginning. The framework (interaction/mixing, filtering, and combination) is similar to that in a standard IMM filter, but an UPF is adopted in each model. Therefore, the filtering performance and degeneracy phenomenon of particles are improved. The filtering method addresses nonlinear and/or non-Gaussian tracking problems. Simulation results show that the method has better tracking performance compared with the standard IMM-type filter and IMM particle filter.

Particle filter initialization in non-linear non-Gaussian radar target tracking

When particle filter is applied in radar target tracking, the accuracy of the initial particles greatly effects the results of filtering. For acquiring more accurate initial particles, a new method called “competition strategy algorithm” is presented. In this method, initial measurements give birth to several particle groups around them, regularly. Each of the groups is tested several times, separately, in the beginning periods, and the group that has the most number of efficient particles is selected as the initial particles. For this method, sample initial particles selected are on the basis of several measurements instead of only one first measurement, which surely improves the accuracy of initial particles. The method sacrifices initialization time and computation cost for accuracy of initial particles. Results of simulation show that it greatly improves the accuracy of initial particles, which makes the effect of filtering much better.

Strong tracking adaptive Kalman filters for underwater vehicle dead reckoning

To improve underwater vehicle dead reckoning, a developed strong tracking adaptive kalman filter is proposed. The filter is improved with an additional adaptive factor and an estimator of measurement noise covariance. Since the magnitude of fading factor is changed adaptively, the tracking ability of the filter is still enhanced in low velocity condition of underwater vehicles. The results of simulation tests prove the presented filter effective.

Improved Particle Filter for Passive Target Tracking

As a new method for dealing with any nonlinear or non-Ganssian distributions, based on the Monte Carlo methods and Bayesian filtering, particle filters （PF） are favored by researchers and widely applied in many fields. Based on particle filtering, an improved extended Kalman filter （EKF） proposal distribution is presented. Evaluation of the weights is simplified and other improved techniques including the residual resampling step and Markov Chain Monte Carlo method are introduced for target tracking. Performances of the EKF, basic PF and the improved PF are compared in target tracking examples. The simulation results confirm that the improved particle filter outperforms the others.

Particle Filter Object Tracking Algorithm Based on Sparse Representation and Nonlinear Resampling

Object tracking with abrupt motion is an important research topic and has attracted wide attention.To obtain accurate tracking results,an improved particle filter tracking algorithm based on sparse representation and nonlinear resampling is proposed in this paper. First,the sparse representation is used to compute particle weights by considering the fact that the weights are sparse when the object moves abruptly,so the potential object region can be predicted more precisely. Then,a nonlinear resampling process is proposed by utilizing the nonlinear sorting strategy,which can solve the problem of particle diversity impoverishment caused by traditional resampling methods. Experimental results based on videos containing objects with various abrupt motions have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

A new real-time eye tracking based on nonlinear unscented Kalman filter for monitoring driver fatigue

A new scheme for driver fatigue detection is presented, which is based on the nonlinear unscented Kalman filter and eye tracking. Assuming a probability distribution than to approximate an arbitrary nonlinear function or transformation, eye nonlinear tracking can be achieved using an unscented transformation (UT), which adopts a set of deterministic sigma points to match the posterior probability density function of the eye movement. Driver fatigue can be detected using the percentage of eye closure (PERCLOS) framework in a realistic driving condition after the eye nonlinear tracking. This system was tested adequately in realistic driving environments with subjects of different genders, with/without glasses, in day/night driving, being commercial/noncommercial drivers, in continuous driving time, and under different road conditions. The last experimental results show that the proposed method not only improves the robustness for nonlinear eye tracking, but also can provide more accurate estimation than the traditional Kalman filter.

Maneuvering target tracking algorithm based on cubature Kalman filter with observation iterated update

Reasonable selection and optimization of a filter used in model estimation for a multiple model structure is the key to improve tracking accuracy of maneuvering target.Combining with the cubature Kalman filter with iterated observation update and the interacting multiple model method,a novel interacting multiple model algorithm based on the cubature Kalman filter with observation iterated update is proposed.Firstly,aiming to the structural features of cubature Kalman filter,the cubature Kalman filter with observation iterated update is constructed by the mechanism of iterated observation update.Secondly,the improved cubature Kalman filter is used as the model filter of interacting multiple model,and the stability and reliability of model identification and state estimation are effectively promoted by the optimization of model filtering step.In the simulations,compared with classic improved interacting multiple model algorithms,the theoretical analysis and experimental results show the feasibility and validity of the proposed algorithm.

Robust range-parameterized cubature Kalman filter for bearings-only tracking

In order to improve tracking accuracy when initial estimate is inaccurate or outliers exist,a bearings-only tracking approach called the robust range-parameterized cubature Kalman filter(RRPCKF)was proposed.Firstly,the robust extremal rule based on the pollution distribution was introduced to the cubature Kalman filter(CKF)framework.The improved Turkey weight function was subsequently constructed to identify the outliers whose weights were reduced by establishing equivalent innovation covariance matrix in the CKF.Furthermore,the improved range-parameterize(RP)strategy which divides the filter into some weighted robust CKFs each with a different initial estimate was utilized to solve the fuzzy initial estimation problem efficiently.Simulations show that the result of the RRPCKF is more accurate and more robust whether outliers exist or not,whereas that of the conventional algorithms becomes distorted seriously when outliers appear.

Tracking of human head with particle filter

To cope with the problem of tracking a human head in a complicated scene,we propose a method that adopts human skin color and hair color integrated with a kind of particle filter named condensation algorithm.Firstly,a novel method is presented to set up human head color model using skin color and hair color separately based on region growing.Compared with traditional human face model,this method is more precise and works well when human turns around and the face disappears in the image.Then a novel method is presented to use color model in condensation algorithm more effectively.In this method,a combination of edge detection result,color segmentation result and color edge detection result in an Omega window is used to measure the scale and position of human head in condensation.Experiments show that this approach can track human head in complicated scene even when human turns around or the distance of tracking a human head changes quickly.

Bayesian target tracking based on particle filter

For being able to deal with the nonlinear or non-Gaussian problems, particle filters have been studied by many researchers. Based on particle filter, the extended Kalman filter （EKF） proposal function is applied to Bayesian target tracking. Markov chain Monte Carlo （MCMC） method, the resampling step, ere novel techniques are also introduced into Bayesian target tracking. And the simulation results confirm the improved particle filter with these techniques outperforms the basic one.

Object Tracking Using a Particle Filter with SURF Feature

In this paper, a novel object tracking based on a particle filter and speeded up robust feature （SURF） is proposed, which uses both color and SURF features. The SURF feature makes the tracking result more robust. On the other hand, the particle selection can lead to save time. In addition, we also consider the matched particle applicable to calculating the SURF weight. Owing to the color, spatial, and SURF features being adopted, this method is more robust than the traditional color-based appearance model. Experimental results demonstrate the robustness and accurate tracking results with challenging sequences. Besides, the proposed method outperforms other methods during the intersection of similar color and object＇s partial occlusion.

A Particle Filter Based Compressive Sensing Method for Tracking Moving Wideband Sound Sources

Tracking moving wideband sound sources is one of the most challenging issues in the acoustic array signal processing which is based on the direction of arrival(DOA) estimation. Compressive sensing(CS) is a recent theory exploring the signal sparsity representation, which has been proved to be superior for the DOA estimation. However, the spatial aliasing and the offset at endfire are the main obstacles for CS applied in the wideband DOA estimation. We propose a particle filter based compressive sensing method for tracking moving wideband sound sources. First, the initial DOA estimates are obtained by wideband CS algorithms. Then, the real sources are approximated by a set of particles with different weights assigned. The kernel density estimator is used as the likelihood function of particle filter. We present the results for both uniform and random linear array. Simulation results show that the spatial aliasing is disappeared and the offset at endfire is reduced. We show that the proposed method can achieve satisfactory tracking performance regardless of using uniform or random linear array.

Impact of Coastal Radar Observability on the Forecast of the Track and Rainfall of Typhoon Morakot(2009)Using WRF-based Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation

This study explored the impact of coastal radar observability on the forecast of the track and rainfall of Typhoon Morakot （2009） using a WRF-based ensemble Kalman filter （EnKF） data assimilation （DA） system. The results showed that the performance of radar EnKF DA was quite sensitive to the number of radars being assimilated and the DA timing relative to the landfall of the tropical cyclone （TC）. It was found that assimilating radial velocity （Vr） data from all the four operational radars during the 6 h immediately before TC landfall was quite important for the track and rainfall forecasts after the TC made landfall. The TC track forecast error could be decreased by about 43% and the 24-h rainfall forecast skill could be almost tripled. Assimilating Vr data from a single radar outperformed the experiment without DA, though with less improvement compared to the multiple-radar DA experiment. Different forecast performances were obtained by assimilating different radars, which was closely related to the first-time wind analysis increment, the location of moisture transport, the quasi-stationary rainband, and the local convergence line. However, only assimilating Vr data when the TC was farther away from making landfall might worsen TC track and rainfall forecasts. Besides, this work also demonstrated that Vr data from multiple radars, instead of a single radar, should be used for verification to obtain a more reliable assessment of the EnKF performance.