Integration of Mobile RFID and Inertial Measurement for Indoor Tracking of Forklifts Moving Containers

M. Fodor, O. Gusikhin, E. Tseng, W. Wang

2009

Abstract

Described are the motivation and a method for combining readings of RFID tags placed in static locations in a plant environment using a mobile reader attached to a forklift and inertial measurements of the motion of the forklift to track its position and ultimately the positions of containers it moves within the plant. Strengths and limitations of RFID-based and inertial-based methods are presented along with an algorithm for postprocessing and combining the readings of each. The accuracy of the resulting position estimates are shown to be on the same order as the accuracy of RFID reader range variation.

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Fodor M., Gusikhin O., Tseng E. and Wang W. (2009). Integration of Mobile RFID and Inertial Measurement for Indoor Tracking of Forklifts Moving Containers . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Vehicle Controls & Intelligent Transportation Systems - Volume 1: Workshop IVC & ITS, (ICINCO 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-003-0, pages 120-129. DOI: 10.5220/0002283301200129


in Bibtex Style

@conference{workshop ivc & its09,
author={M. Fodor and O. Gusikhin and E. Tseng and W. Wang},
title={Integration of Mobile RFID and Inertial Measurement for Indoor Tracking of Forklifts Moving Containers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Vehicle Controls & Intelligent Transportation Systems - Volume 1: Workshop IVC & ITS, (ICINCO 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={120-129},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002283301200129},
isbn={978-989-674-003-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Vehicle Controls & Intelligent Transportation Systems - Volume 1: Workshop IVC & ITS, (ICINCO 2009)
TI - Integration of Mobile RFID and Inertial Measurement for Indoor Tracking of Forklifts Moving Containers
SN - 978-989-674-003-0
AU - Fodor M.
AU - Gusikhin O.
AU - Tseng E.
AU - Wang W.
PY - 2009
SP - 120
EP - 129
DO - 10.5220/0002283301200129