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Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'03)
RF Free Ultrasonic Positioning
White Plains, New York, USA
October 21-October 23
ISBN: 0-7695-2034-0
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| Michael R McCarthy, Henk L Muller, "RF Free Ultrasonic Positioning," 2012 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 79, Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'03), 2003. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/ISWC.2003.1241397, author = {Michael R McCarthy and Henk L Muller}, title = {RF Free Ultrasonic Positioning}, journal ={2012 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers}, volume = {0}, year = {2003}, issn = {1530-0811}, pages = {79}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISWC.2003.1241397}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - CONF JO - 2012 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers TI - RF Free Ultrasonic Positioning SN - 1530-0811 SP EP A1 - Michael R McCarthy, A1 - Henk L Muller, PY - 2003 KW - null VL - 0 JA - 2012 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers ER - | |||
All wearable centric location sensing technologies must address the issue of clock synchronisation between signal transmitting systems and signal receiving systems. GPS receivers, for example, compensate for synchronisation errors by incorporating a model of the receiver clock offset in the navigation solution. Drift between satellite clocks is also monitored to keep signal data in synch with GPS time. Most ultrasonic positioning systems solve the synchronisation problem by using a second medium for communication between transmitter and receiver devices. The transmitters in these systems emit RF signals (pings) to indicate the transmission of subsequent ultrasound signals (chirps). By subtracting the arrival time of the ping from that of the chirps, the receiver is able to compute the distance to each transmitter. In this paper, we describe an ultrasonic positioning system that does not use RF signals to achieve synchronisation. Instead, it exploits a periodic chirp transmission pattern to model the receiver's position using chirp reception times exclusively. Not only does the system improve on the accuracy of previous technologies but it also eliminates bulky RF circuitry - a definite advantage for wearable applications where component size and weight are critical for usability.
Citation:
Michael R McCarthy, Henk L Muller, "RF Free Ultrasonic Positioning," iswc, pp.79, Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'03), 2003
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