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Implementation and Performance of a GPS/INS Tightly Coupled Assisted PLL Architecture Using MEMS Inertial Sensors

Pierre-André Farine, Yannick Stebler, Phillip Tomé, Youssef Tawk, Cyril Botteron

The use of global navigation satellite system receivers for navigation still presents many challenges in urban canyon and indoor environments, where satellite availability is typically reduced and received signals are attenuated. To improve the navigation ...

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Location System and Corresponding Calibration Method

Pierre-André Farine, Phillip Tomé, Cyril Botteron

The present invention relates to a location system, for locating at least one object within a predefined cell, comprising at least first and second receivers (A, B, C, D), first and second transmitters respectively, including first and second internal cloc ...

2012

A Framework for NLOS Ultra-Wideband Ranging in Collaborative Mobile Robot Systems

Alcherio Martinoli, Amanda Stella Markowska Prorok, Phillip Tomé

Ultra-wideband (UWB) localization is one of the most promising indoor localization methods. Yet, non-line-of- sight (NLOS) positioning scenarios remain a challenge and can potentially cause significant localization errors. In this work, we leverage the col ...

2011

Accommodation of NLOS for Ultra-Wideband TDOA Localization in Single- and Multi-Robot Systems

Amanda Stella Markowska Prorok, Phillip Tomé

Ultra-wideband (UWB) localization is one of the most promising indoor localization methods. Yet, non-line-ofsight (NLOS) positioning scenarios remain a challenge and can potentially cause significant localization errors. In this work, we leverage the utili ...

2011

Real-time registration of airborne laser data with sub-decimeter accuracy

Jan Skaloud, Yannick Stebler, Phillip Tomé

This paper presents a methodology for the precise registering of airborne laser data directly in flight with an accuracy that is sufficient for the majority of derived products, such as digital terrain models. We first present the strategy that integrates ...

2010

Low Power ASIC transmitter for UWB-IR radio communication and positioning

Pierre-André Farine, Phillip Tomé, Cyril Botteron, Christian Robert

This paper describes a low power Ultra-Wideband Impulse Radio (UWB-IR) Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) transmitter implemented in UMC 0.18 μm. This transmitter has been designed for low data rate communication applications and indoor positio ...

2010

UWB-based Local Positioning System: from a small-scale Experimental Platform to a large-scale Deployable System

Pierre-André Farine, Phillip Tomé, Cyril Botteron, Christian Robert

A few years ago an experimental platform was designed and built in order to demonstrate the feasibility of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology applied to indoor positioning. This small-scale demonstrator proved to be a valuable research tool with the flexibili ...

2010

Airborne LiDAR In-flight Accuracy Estimation

Jan Skaloud, Yannick Stebler, Phillip Tomé

A flexible quality-monitoring tool that assesses data quality in-flight avoids costly problems that are currently detected only in post-processing. ...

2009

Towards in-flight quality assessment of airborne laser scanning

Jan Skaloud, Phillip Tomé

One of the main problems of today's ALS is the lack of reliable data quality assessment within or shortly after the airborne survey campaign. The paper presents an in- flight quality monitoring tool that allows assessing the quality of the recorded data "o ...

2008

Improving pedestrian dynamics modelling using fuzzy logic

Kamiar Aminian, Bertrand Merminod, François Bonzon, Phillip Tomé

The complementary nature of MEMS based pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR) navigation and GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) has long been recognised. The advantages are quite clear for those applications requiring indoor positioning and that, for one r ...

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Vers une analyse de qualité des données de laser aéroporté en temps réel

Jan Skaloud, Phillip Tomé

Un des problèmes majeurs des systèmes laser aéroportés (ALS) est l'estimation fiable de la qualité des données en vol ou immédiatement après. Cet article présente un outil qui permet d'estimer la qualité et l'intégrité des données saisies en temps réel (TR ...

2008

Improvement of Orientation Estimation in Pedestrian Navigation by Compensation of Magnetic Disturbances

Okan Yalak, Phillip Tomé

Over the last few years there has been a growing interest in the domain of pedestrian navigation, stimulated by the increasing demand for Location Based Services. Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) based on MEMS sensors has been at the heart of most high-end ...

2008

Hybridization of MEMS and Assisted GPS for Pedestrian Navigation

Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Okan Yalak, Phillip Tomé

Exploration of hybrid inertial/GPS systems to provide continuous positioning through varying environments represents a growing field of interest to researchers. In particular, first responders and public safety professional would like to see robust systems ...

2007

Indoor Navigation of Emergency Agents

Bertrand Merminod, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Okan Yalak, Phillip Tomé

Existing indoor navigation solutions usually rely on pre-installed sensor networks, whereas emergency agents are interested in fully auto-deployable systems. In this paper, an almost self-deployable solution based on Radio-frequency identification tags and ...

2007

Inertial and RFID sensors for indoor navigation in case of emergency intervention

Bertrand Merminod, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Okan Yalak, Phillip Tomé

2007