scholarly journals On Using “Stochastic Learning on the Line” to Design Novel Distance Estimation Methods

Author(s):  
Jessica Havelock ◽  
B. John Oommen ◽  
Ole-Christoffer Granmo
IEEE Access ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 48438-48454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Havelock ◽  
B. J. Oommen ◽  
Ole-Christoffer Granmo

Author(s):  
Jun Liu ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Shihao Hou

Perceiving the distance between vehicles is a crucial issue for advanced driving assistance systems. However, most vision-based distance estimation methods do not consider the influence of the change in camera attitude angles during driving or only use the vanishing point detected by lane lines to correct the pitch angle. This paper proposed an improved pinhole distance estimation model based on the road vanishing point without the lane line information. First, the road vanishing point is detected based on the dominant texture orientation, and the yaw and pitch angles of the camera are estimated. Then, a distance estimation model considering attitude angle compensation is established. Finally, the experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively correct the influence of the camera attitude angle on the distance estimation results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 155014771668968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunyong Kim ◽  
Sun Young Park ◽  
Daehoon Kwon ◽  
Jaehyun Ham ◽  
Young-Bae Ko ◽  
...  

In wireless sensor networks, the accurate estimation of distances between sensor nodes is essential. In addition to the distance information available for immediate neighbors within a sensing range, the distance estimation of two-hop neighbors can be exploited in various wireless sensor network applications such as sensor localization, robust data transfer against hidden terminals, and geographic greedy routing. In this article, we propose a two-hop distance estimation method, which first obtains the region in which the two-hop neighbor nodes possibly exist and then takes the average of the distances to the points in that region. The improvement in the estimation accuracy achieved by the proposed method is analyzed in comparison with a simple summation method that adds two single-hop distances as an estimate of a two-hop distance. Numerical simulation results show that in comparison with other existing distance estimation methods, the proposed method significantly reduces the distance estimation error over a wide range of node densities.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhao ◽  
Chao Zheng ◽  
Xinxin Ren ◽  
Jianrong Dai

Distance estimation methods arise in many applications, such as indoor positioning and Covid-19 contact tracing. The received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is favored in distance estimation. However, the accuracy is not satisfactory due to the signal fluctuation. Besides, the RSSI-only method has a large ranging error because it uses fixed parameters of the path loss model. Here, we propose an optimization method combining RSSI and pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) data to estimate the distance between smart devices. The PDR may provide the high accuracy of walking distance and direction, which is used to compensate for the effects of interference on the RSSI. Moreover, the parameters of the path loss model are optimized to dynamically fit to the complex electromagnetic environment. The proposed method is evaluated in outdoor and indoor <a>environments</a> and is also compared with the RSSI-only method. The results show that the mean absolute error is reduced up to 0.51 m and 1.02 m, with the improvement of 10.60% and 64.55% for outdoor and indoor environments, respectively, in comparison with the RSSI-only method. Consequently, the proposed optimization method has better accuracy of distance estimation than the RSSI-only method, and its feasibility is demonstrated through real-world evaluations.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhao ◽  
Chao Zheng ◽  
Xinxin Ren ◽  
Jianrong Dai

Distance estimation methods arise in many applications, such as indoor positioning and Covid-19 contact tracing. The received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is favored in distance estimation. However, the accuracy is not satisfactory due to the signal fluctuation. Besides, the RSSI-only method has a large ranging error because it uses fixed parameters of the path loss model. Here, we propose an optimization method combining RSSI and pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) data to estimate the distance between smart devices. The PDR may provide the high accuracy of walking distance and direction, which is used to compensate for the effects of interference on the RSSI. Moreover, the parameters of the path loss model are optimized to dynamically fit to the complex electromagnetic environment. The proposed method is evaluated in outdoor and indoor <a>environments</a> and is also compared with the RSSI-only method. The results show that the mean absolute error is reduced up to 0.51 m and 1.02 m, with the improvement of 10.60% and 64.55% for outdoor and indoor environments, respectively, in comparison with the RSSI-only method. Consequently, the proposed optimization method has better accuracy of distance estimation than the RSSI-only method, and its feasibility is demonstrated through real-world evaluations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Pătru PÎRJOL

Abstract: The timely discovery of existing threats in the airspace is a permanent concern of the relevant military powers of this century and sensor networks have been developed in this regard, arranged over very large geographical areas in order to achieve a permanent and continuous surveillance of the areas of interest. Research conducted by the scientific community has demonstrated the potential of bistatic (passive) radar as a means of surveillance, the efforts focusing on improving receiver parameters and signal processing algorithms. An important role in these scientific approaches is played by the geodetic distance estimation methods, as well as by the diversification of technical solutions that provide the necessary support for their application and the establishment of algorithms for refining the data provided.  


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