BlueTrak - a wireless six degrees of freedom motion tracking system

Author

Krüger, Hans ; Klingbeil, Lasse ; Kraft, Edgar ; Hamburger, Rene

Author_Institution

Phys. Inst. der Univ. Bonn, Germany

fYear

2003

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

312

Abstract

We resent six degrees of freedom tracking system, which is wireless and scalable concerning the tracking volume and the number of devices being tracked. This is achieved by the modular design of the system consisting of two different types of modules: an arbitrary number of tracked user modules and a number of fixed reference modules. It provides a flexible setup for head tracking in virtual and augmented reality environments and for various other applications such as motion capture and analysis. The system combines inertial sensor data with ultrasonic ranging measurements to determine orientation and absolute position.

Keywords

augmented reality; computer vision; image sensors; motion estimation; optical tracking; position measurement; BlueTrak; absolute position; augmented reality; fixed reference modules; flexible setup; head tracking; inertial sensor data; modular design; motion analysis; motion capture; motion tracking system; orientation determination; six degrees freedom; tracked user modules; tracking volume; ultrasonic ranging measurements; virtual reality; wireless tracking system; Augmented reality; Bluetooth; Collaboration; Motion analysis; Position measurement; Pulse measurements; Sensor systems; Tracking; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Universal Serial Bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2003. Proceedings. The Second IEEE and ACM International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2006-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2003.1240735

Filename

1240735