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Cost-Effective Wearable Indoor Localization and Motion Analysis via the Integration of UWB and IMU

Zhang, Zhang, Gao, Xiao, Meng, Li
2020 Sensors  
This investigation aims to provide a cost-effective wearable sensing solution with data fusion algorithms for indoor localization and real-time motion analysis.  ...  Wearable indoor localization can now find applications in a wide spectrum of fields, including the care of children and the elderly, sports motion analysis, rehabilitation medicine, robotics navigation  ...  Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank the Nondestructive Detection and Monitoring Technology for High Speed Transportation Facilities, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Industry and Information  ... 
doi:10.3390/s20020344 pmid:31936175 pmcid:PMC7013426 fatcat:cui4hahzx5fi3a6rkwfgafnkse

Markerless Radio Frequency Indoor Monitoring for Telemedicine: Gait Analysis, Indoor Positioning, Fall Detection, Tremor Analysis, Vital Signs and Sleep Monitoring

Lazzaro di Biase, Pasquale Maria Pecoraro, Giovanni Pecoraro, Maria Letizia Caminiti, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro
2022 Sensors  
The major classes of devices proposed are inertial-based sensors (IMU), vision-based devices, and geomagnetic and radiofrequency (RF) based sensors.  ...  The aim of the present narrative review was to describe the potential applications of RF-based indoor monitoring techniques and highlight their differences compared to other monitoring technologies.  ...  The UWB-IMU integrated solution should ideally take advantage of both UWB's high localization accuracy and IMU's NLoS localization and motion sensing [43] .  ... 
doi:10.3390/s22218486 pmid:36366187 pmcid:PMC9656920 fatcat:pcskl2hoqnewvjzdk6eaaxflra

A Low-Cost Foot-Placed UWB and IMU Fusion-Based Indoor Pedestrian Tracking System for IoT Applications

Khawar Naheem, Mun Sang Kim
2022 Sensors  
Among existing wireless and wearable indoor pedestrian tracking solutions, the ultra-wideband (UWB) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors are the popular options due to their accurate and globally  ...  To overcome these limitations, this paper proposes a low-cost foot-placed UWB and IMU fusion-based indoor pedestrian tracking system.  ...  Therefore, for the effective utilization of the proposed system, we placed our low-cost UWB+IMU wearable module on the pedestrian's right shoe.  ... 
doi:10.3390/s22218160 pmid:36365858 pmcid:PMC9657577 fatcat:6dnsauh5jrdb5pix443mpvbzni

Wayfinding Techniques at Common First Year King Saud University - An Indoor Localization Approach for Navigation

Dr. Wael Mohammad Alenazy
2021 Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education  
The development of ICT technologies in recent years has shown remarkable changes with the internet of things and smart gadgets.  ...  Overall, a meta-analysis was completed that will aid in the implementation of the sensors nodes technique in the future as a prototype on Common First Year campuses.  ...  He received his PhD and Master"s degree from Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia.  ... 
doi:10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.1686 fatcat:hnouwig3lzaazco6zkwud5llcq

The State-of-the-Art Sensing Techniques in Human Activity Recognition: A Survey

Sizhen Bian, Mengxi Liu, Bo Zhou, Paul Lukowicz
2022 Sensors  
Previous HAR-related sensing surveys were primarily focused on either a specific branch such as wearable sensing and video-based sensing or a full-stack presentation of both sensing and data processing  ...  We also discussed the strengths and weaknesses of each modality across the categorization so that newcomers could have a better overview of the characteristics of each sensing modality for HAR tasks and  ...  Besides the wearable electric devices and smart garments, inertial sensors could also be integrated into shoes and soles for foot-and legrelated motion-based research, such as gait analysis [53] , indoor  ... 
doi:10.3390/s22124596 pmid:35746376 pmcid:PMC9229953 fatcat:2cjpolwafnem7o4mehxigaqojq

Towards Human Motion Tracking: Multi-Sensory IMU/TOA Fusion Method and Fundamental Limits

Cheng Xu, Jie He, Xiaotong Zhang, Xinghang Zhou, Shihong Duan
2019 Electronics  
Without the requirements of external anchors, the proposed method has good stability and high tracking accuracy, thus it is more suitable for wearable motion tracking applications.  ...  The proposed fusion method and comprehensive fundamental limits analysis conducted in this paper can provide a theoretical basis for further system design and algorithm analysis.  ...  The communication between wearable nodes and the PC was via Bluetooth. Our integrated wearable sensor system was composed of two parts: one control unit and several data acquisition units.  ... 
doi:10.3390/electronics8020142 fatcat:a5njbgpjwraezn7b65qewdqsqq

Wearable Sensors and Systems in the IoT

Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Nagender Suryadevara, Anindya Nag
2021 Sensors  
The proliferation of such devices has been driven by the acceptance of enhanced technology in society [...]  ...  Wearable smart devices are widely used to determine various physico-mechanical parameters at chosen intervals.  ...  Acknowledgments: Guest editors of this Special Issue would like to thank all authors who have submitted their manuscripts for considering the Sensors journal, and the reviewers for their hard work during  ... 
doi:10.3390/s21237880 pmid:34883879 fatcat:jyir2emkv5divo4bhxz7briz5q

Recent Progress in Sensing and Computing Techniques for Human Activity Recognition and Motion Analysis

Zhaozong Meng, Mingxing Zhang, Changxin Guo, Qirui Fan, Hao Zhang, Nan Gao, Zonghua Zhang
2020 Electronics  
and in-depth analysis of the recent advances in the diverse techniques and methods of human activity recognition and motion analysis.  ...  The topic of human activity recognition (HAR) and motion analysis, due to its potentiality in human–machine interaction (HMI), medical care, sports analysis, physical rehabilitation, assisted daily living  ...  Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank Nondestructive Detection and Monitoring Technology for High Speed Transportation Facilities, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Industry, and Information Technology  ... 
doi:10.3390/electronics9091357 fatcat:gckfvjlykvdubj65l4fq5wcy6i

A Bibliometric Narrative Review on Modern Navigation Aids for People with Visual Impairment

Xiaochen Zhang, Xiaoyu Yao, Lanxin Hui, Fuchuan Song, Fei Hu
2021 Sustainability  
As an applied science for people with special needs, navigation aids for the visually impaired are a key sociotechnique that helps users to independently navigate and access needed resources indoors and  ...  This paper adopts the informetric analysis method to assess the current research and explore trends in navigation systems for the visually impaired based on bibliographic records retrieved from the Web  ...  The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.  ... 
doi:10.3390/su13168795 fatcat:dtjpdpeicfdgfimkd2sna5afwe

DRIFT-FREE INDOOR NAVIGATION USING SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING OF THE AMBIENT HETEROGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD

J. C. K. Chow
2017 The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences  
In the absence of external reference position information (e.g. surveyed targets or Global Navigation Satellite Systems) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has proven to be an effective method  ...  The only restriction for this method is the need for magnetic disturbances (which is typically not an issue for indoor environments); however, no assumptions are required for the general motion of the  ...  Most commonly, such position information is provided via external sensors such as GNSS, UWB, cameras, sonar, and lasers.  ... 
doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w7-339-2017 fatcat:nkdposgalngnxna6voncwqdgba

Inertial motion tracking on mobile and wearable devices: Recent advancements and challenges

Zhipeng Song, Zhichao Cao, Zhenjiang Li, Jiliang Wang, Yunhao Liu
2021 Tsinghua Science and Technology  
Motion tracking via Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) on mobile and wearable devices has attracted significant interest in recent years.  ...  We also reveal the key challenges in IMU-based motion tracking on mobile and wearable devices and possible directions to address these challenges.  ...  Conclusion Motion tracking via IMUs on mobile and wearable devices has attracted significant interest in recent years from both industry and academia. It can be used in different applications.  ... 
doi:10.26599/tst.2021.9010017 fatcat:ekfnk5nj4nbu5c637duzkuykjy

Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors in Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired People, a Review

Karla Miriam Reyes Leiva, Milagros Jaén-Vargas, Benito Codina, José Javier Serrano Olmedo
2021 Sensors  
Inertial measurement unit sensors, on the other hand, have been used for navigation, guidance, and localization but especially for full body motion tracking due to their low cost and miniaturization, which  ...  have allowed the estimation of kinematic parameters and biomechanical analysis for different field of applications.  ...  Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.  ... 
doi:10.3390/s21144767 fatcat:i27n7543ovfsdbmyuv523cqlry

Incorporating Worker Awareness in the Generation of Hazard Proximity Warnings

Kelsey Chan, Joseph Louis, Alex Albert
2020 Sensors  
Based on these findings, an improved hazard proximity warning system incorporating worker field-of-view was developed for field applications that utilizes wearable inertial measurement units and localization  ...  This research provides a fresh perspective to the growing adoption of wearable sensors by incorporating the awareness of workers into the generation of hazard alarms.  ...  Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.  ... 
doi:10.3390/s20030806 pmid:32024244 pmcid:PMC7038765 fatcat:yayfvvxuuvd4hkoelz6uw65mca

Indoor positioning and wayfinding systems: a survey

Jayakanth Kunhoth, AbdelGhani Karkar, Somaya Al-Maadeed, Abdulla Al-Ali
2020 Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences  
Current technological advancements enable users to encapsulate these systems in handheld devices, which effectively increases the popularity of navigation systems and the number of users.  ...  and ultra-wide band (UWB), are detailed as well.  ...  [131] To reduce the error in UWB and IMU-based navigation system UWB (TDOA approach) and IMU, double state adaptive Kalman filter (+) Significant reduction in positioning errors Murata et al.  ... 
doi:10.1186/s13673-020-00222-0 fatcat:m7lt5zdcjbbsvlh7fwatjvpx6y

Recent Advances in Indoor Localization: A Survey on Theoretical Approaches and Applications

Ali Yassin, Youssef Nasser, Mariette Awad, Ahmed Al-Dubai, Ran Liu, Chau Yuen, Ronald Raulefs, Elias Aboutanios
2017 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials  
However, the main problem of GPS and cellular systems resides in the indoor environment and in scenarios with deep shadowing effects where the satellite or cellular signals are broken.  ...  The aim of this survey is to provide a comprehensive overview of existing efforts as well as auspicious and anticipated dimensions for future work in indoor localization techniques and applications.  ...  Investigations in indoor scenarios on UWB for human body localization are performed via numerical and analytical methods by placing wearable compact sensors on the upper part of the body.  ... 
doi:10.1109/comst.2016.2632427 fatcat:zmfbflpv3jhvtpf62qshzivciq
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