A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles

Indoor Positioning Systems (IPSs) have multiple applications. For example, they can be used to guide people, to locate items in a warehouse and to support the navigation of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV). Currently most AGVs use local pre-defined navigation systems, but they lack a global localisat...

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Autores: Boixader Coma, Aleix, Labella, Carlos, Catalán, Marisa, Paradells Aspas, Josep|||0000-0003-4185-2202
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/400925
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/400925
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics13010082
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Automotive computers
Indoor positioning
Visible light positioning
Visible light communication
Real-time
Deployment focused
Perspective-n-point
Embedded computing
Low-cost
High accuracy
Image sensor visible light identification
Ordinadors de bord
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal
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spelling A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehiclesBoixader Coma, AleixLabella, CarlosCatalán, MarisaParadells Aspas, Josep|||0000-0003-4185-2202Automotive computersIndoor positioningVisible light positioningVisible light communicationReal-timeDeployment focusedPerspective-n-pointEmbedded computingLow-costHigh accuracyImage sensor visible light identificationOrdinadors de bordÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyalIndoor Positioning Systems (IPSs) have multiple applications. For example, they can be used to guide people, to locate items in a warehouse and to support the navigation of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV). Currently most AGVs use local pre-defined navigation systems, but they lack a global localisation system. Integrating both systems is uncommon due to the inherent challenge in balancing accuracy with coverage. Visible Light Position (VLP) offers accurate and fast localisation, but it encounters scalability limitations. To overcome this, this paper presents a novel Image Sensor-based VLP (IS-VLP) identification method that harnesses existing Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting infrastructure to substitute both navigation and localisation systems effectively in the whole area. We developed an IPS that achieves six-axis positioning at 90 Hz refresh rate using OpenCV’s solvePnP algorithm and embedded computing. This IPS has been validated in a laboratory environment and successfully deployed in a real factory to position an operative AGV. The system has resulted in accuracies better than 12 cm for 95% of the measurements. This work advances towards positioning VLP as an appealing choice for IPS in industrial environments, offering an inexpensive, scalable, accurate and robust solution.This research received funding from the Departament de Recerca de Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya under grant 2021 SGR 01524, from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 957246 (project IoT-NGIN) and from the Spanish MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 through project PID2019-106808RAI00.Peer Reviewed20242024-01-0120242024-02-05journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/400925https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics13010082reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/4009252026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
title A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
spellingShingle A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
Boixader Coma, Aleix
Automotive computers
Indoor positioning
Visible light positioning
Visible light communication
Real-time
Deployment focused
Perspective-n-point
Embedded computing
Low-cost
High accuracy
Image sensor visible light identification
Ordinadors de bord
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal
title_short A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
title_full A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
title_fullStr A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
title_full_unstemmed A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
title_sort A high-accuracy, scalable and affordable indoor positioning system using visible light positioning for automated guided vehicles
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Boixader Coma, Aleix
Labella, Carlos
Catalán, Marisa
Paradells Aspas, Josep|||0000-0003-4185-2202
author Boixader Coma, Aleix
author_facet Boixader Coma, Aleix
Labella, Carlos
Catalán, Marisa
Paradells Aspas, Josep|||0000-0003-4185-2202
author_role author
author2 Labella, Carlos
Catalán, Marisa
Paradells Aspas, Josep|||0000-0003-4185-2202
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Automotive computers
Indoor positioning
Visible light positioning
Visible light communication
Real-time
Deployment focused
Perspective-n-point
Embedded computing
Low-cost
High accuracy
Image sensor visible light identification
Ordinadors de bord
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal
topic Automotive computers
Indoor positioning
Visible light positioning
Visible light communication
Real-time
Deployment focused
Perspective-n-point
Embedded computing
Low-cost
High accuracy
Image sensor visible light identification
Ordinadors de bord
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal
description Indoor Positioning Systems (IPSs) have multiple applications. For example, they can be used to guide people, to locate items in a warehouse and to support the navigation of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV). Currently most AGVs use local pre-defined navigation systems, but they lack a global localisation system. Integrating both systems is uncommon due to the inherent challenge in balancing accuracy with coverage. Visible Light Position (VLP) offers accurate and fast localisation, but it encounters scalability limitations. To overcome this, this paper presents a novel Image Sensor-based VLP (IS-VLP) identification method that harnesses existing Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting infrastructure to substitute both navigation and localisation systems effectively in the whole area. We developed an IPS that achieves six-axis positioning at 90 Hz refresh rate using OpenCV’s solvePnP algorithm and embedded computing. This IPS has been validated in a laboratory environment and successfully deployed in a real factory to position an operative AGV. The system has resulted in accuracies better than 12 cm for 95% of the measurements. This work advances towards positioning VLP as an appealing choice for IPS in industrial environments, offering an inexpensive, scalable, accurate and robust solution.
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