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Citation

Pham DD, Suh YS. Sensors (Basel) 2016; 16(1): s16010120.

Affiliation

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Namgu, Ulsan 680-749, Korea. yssuh@ulsan.ac.kr.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/s16010120

PMID

26797619

Abstract

Foot-mounted inertial sensors can be used for indoor pedestrian navigation. In this paper, to improve the accuracy of pedestrian location, we propose a method using a distance sensor (LIDAR) in addition to an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The distance sensor is a time of flight range finder with 30 m measurement range (at 33.33 Hz). Using a distance sensor, walls on corridors are automatically detected. The detected walls are used to correct the heading of the pedestrian path. Through experiments, it is shown that the accuracy of the heading is significantly improved using the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, the system is shown to work robustly in indoor environments with many doors and passing people.


Language: en

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