• DocumentCode
    742569
  • Title

    Design and Characterization of a Portable Ultrasonic Indoor 3-D Positioning System

  • Author

    De Angelis, Alessio ; Moschitta, Antonio ; Carbone, Paolo ; Calderini, Massimo ; Neri, Stefano ; Borgna, Renato ; Peppucci, Manuelo

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
  • Volume
    64
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    2616
  • Lastpage
    2625
  • Abstract
    In this paper, an ultrasonic positioning system is presented and characterized, based on the usage of a portable grid of beacons and of a few fixed anchors. Since the beacon grid can be moved to guarantee line-of-sight transmissions, the proposed strategy is potentially suitable for accurate positioning of a mobile object in an environment with a complex geometry. The system was tested experimentally, exhibiting a subcentimeter positioning accuracy in a range up to 4 m.
  • Keywords
    Accuracy; Chirp; Correlation; Mobile nodes; Position measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; Chirp; fitting; mobile; portable; ultrasound indoor positioning; ultrasound indoor positioning.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2015.2427892
  • Filename
    7110326