Tyre Footprint Geometric Form Reconstruction by Fibre-Optic Sensor’s Data in the Vehicle Weight-in-Motion Estimation Problem

Author(s):  
Alexander Grakovski ◽  
Alexey Pilipovecs ◽  
Igor Kabashkin ◽  
Elmars Petersons
2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Katsevich ◽  
M. Silver ◽  
A. Zamyatin

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (547) ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi FUJIWARA ◽  
Taiga NAKAMURA ◽  
Yuichi TSUDA ◽  
Shinichi NAKASUKA

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Vicent Rodrigo Marco ◽  
Jens Kalkkuhl ◽  
Jörg Raisch ◽  
Thomas Seel

Multi-modal sensor fusion has become ubiquitous in the field of vehicle motion estimation. Achieving a consistent sensor fusion in such a set-up demands the precise knowledge of the misalignments between the coordinate systems in which the different information sources are expressed. In ego-motion estimation, even sub-degree misalignment errors lead to serious performance degradation. The present work addresses the extrinsic calibration of a land vehicle equipped with standard production car sensors and an automotive-grade inertial measurement unit (IMU). Specifically, the article presents a method for the estimation of the misalignment between the IMU and vehicle coordinate systems, while considering the IMU biases. The estimation problem is treated as a joint state and parameter estimation problem, and solved using an adaptive estimator that relies on the IMU measurements, a dynamic single-track model as well as the suspension and odometry systems. Additionally, we show that the validity of the misalignment estimates can be assessed by identifying the misalignment between a high-precision INS/GNSS and the IMU and vehicle coordinate systems. The effectiveness of the proposed calibration procedure is demonstrated using real sensor data. The results show that estimation accuracies below 0.1 degrees can be achieved in spite of moderate variations in the manoeuvre execution.


1987 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 291 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.T.V. Grattan ◽  
J.D. Manwell ◽  
S.M.L. Sim ◽  
C.A. Willson

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-215
Author(s):  
Luke Connolly

This essay proposes that the picture of a broken circle encountered by Watt during the second part of his tale marks a crucial collision point between Beckett's literary and mathematical interests and triggers a process of fractal scaling self-similarity. Building on recent interest concerning the role of the mathematics and mathematical forms found in Beckett's work, I argue that the broken circle depicted in the picture from Watt is a geometric form which (re)appears within at least three interlocking scales throughout Beckett's novel-length prose: (i) its moment of arrival in the picture from Watt, (ii) a macroscopic reinscription in the names of the protagonists populating the five novels spanning Watt through to The Unnamable and (iii) buried within the narratological depths of How It Is. As a structural principle, the interminable irregularity of fractals offered Beckett a viable solution for what he considered the defining task of the modern artist: ‘to find a form to accommodate the mess’. Moreover, the specific shape selected for his fractal is shown to contain within its geometry one of Beckett's most universal and pressing concerns: the inevitable insufficiency of language. Therefore, although this essay restricts itself to examining Beckett's novel-length prose, the idea of a broken circle fractal promises to provide a valuable heuristic through which to reassess the author's other generic avenues. Fractals thus offer a means through which one can bind together the length and breadth of Beckett's oeuvre without ever reducing dynamic chaos to stable order.


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