A novel method for overcoming the impact of spatially varying ambient magnetic fields on a DC magnetic field-based tracking system |
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Authors: | Abdelmoumen Norrdine Zakaria Kasmi Jörg Blankenbach |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Computing in Civil Engineering &2. Geo Information Systems, Rheinisch-Westf?lische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.norrdine@gia.rwth-aachen.de;4. Geo Information Systems, Rheinisch-Westf?lische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. |
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Abstract: | A magnetic indoor local positioning system enables positioning in harsh environments due to the advantageous characteristics of magnetic signals such as penetrating of various obstacles and robustness against fading effects. Nevertheless, the indoor tracking remains a challenge, due to the non-stationary property of the ambient magnetic fields, signal transients and eddy current effects. In this paper, we propose a method, which is based on zero velocity detection, in order to overcome the mentioned constraints by the pedestrian tracking. |
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Keywords: | Magnetic field-based positioning zero velocity stance detection pedestrian navigation shoe-mounted IMU indoor tracking indoor positioning ADIS16480-MEMS IMU |
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