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The Study of Particle Filter Localization Algorithm Based on Magnetic Field Data

  • Chang, Kun (School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Information, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture) ;
  • Huang, He (School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Information, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture) ;
  • Jing, Changfeng (School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Information, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture) ;
  • Deng, Nanshan (School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Information, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture)
  • Received : 2016.06.14
  • Accepted : 2016.07.01
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

Most of the indoor positioning algorithms based on magnetic data mainly focus on reducing the accumulated error of the odometry data, such as signals produced by the inertial sensors. However, in most cases such as positioning by using smartphones in the indoor environment, those approaches seem unfeasible due to the absence of the inertial sensors. Thus, in this paper, we try to study a positioning algorithm exclusively based on the magnetic data. We refer to some thinking from the steps of Particle Filter and conduct an experiment to verify the application of the new algorithm. Besides, we use the variance of the result of the previous step to decrease the area to be matched in the next step, intending to improve the accuracy of the results. The result of the experiment shows that the new algorithm has a high probability to match with accuracy less than 2 meters in a 24 meters by 2.6 meters corridor.

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