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Fuel Level Estimation for Heavy Vehicles using a Kalman FilterWallebäck, Peter January 2008 (has links)
<p>The object with this project is to develop a more accurate way to measure the level in the fuel tank in Scaniavehicles. The level should be displayed for the driver and a warning system be implemented to make the driveraware if the fuel level is too low. Furthermore a main goal is to develop an estimation of the distance that thevehicle could travel before refueling is needed.The fuel level estimation system is modeled using Matlab Simulink and simulated with measurement datacollected from real driving scenarios. After evaluating the system it is implemented in one of the electricalcontrol units located on a test vehicle which communicates with other systems. After implementation more testsare performed with the test vehicle to verify that the same functionality achieved during simulations is achievedusing the system implemented in a vehicle.The fuel level estimated with a KF (Kalman filter) that uses fuel consumption and level measurement results ingood performance. A more stable level estimate is achieved and a negative elevation of the estimate most of thetime, as a result of fuel use. Compared to the method Scania vehicles estimate their fuel level with today thenew level estimate is more steady and not that easily affected by fuel movements. The KF is more demanding interms of memory allocation, processor speed and inputs needed, which has to be considered when comparingboth methods. Another disadvantage with the KF is that it is dependent on the samples from the fuel levelsensor to get an initial estimate during startup.Furthermore the KF is easily expanded with more inputs that use information from other sensors on other parts of the vehicle.</p>
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Einsatz eines parametrischen Straßenmodells für modellbasierte Detektion und Verfolgung des Straßenrandes mit Hilfe eines LasermesssystemsWesthues, Andreas 12 June 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Die Arbeit befasst sich mit der Erkennung und Verfolgung von Straßenrandern in
unstrukturierten Gebieten. Ein Lasermesssystem detektiert Punkte auf den Straßenr
ändern. Mit Hilfe eines Kalman Filters wird der Straßenverlauf geschätzt. Dabei
kommt ein vereinfachtes Straßenmodell zum Einsatz.
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Robuste Verkehrszustandsschätzung und Störungserkennung auf SchnellstrassenSchober, Martin January 2009 (has links)
Zugl.: Stuttgart, Univ., Diss., 2009
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Using Multilateration and Extended Kalman Filter for Localization of RFID Passive Tag in NLOSOlayanju, Iyeyinka Damilola, Ojelabi, Olabode Paul January 2010 (has links)
The use of ubiquitous network has made real time tracking of objects, animals and human beings easy through the use of radio frequency identification system (RFID). Localization techniques in RFID rely on accurate estimation of the read range between the reader and the tags. The tags consist of a small chip and a printed antenna which receives from and transmits information to the reader. The range information about the distance between the tag and the reader is obtained from the received signal strength indication (RSSI). Accuracy of the read range using RSSI can be very complicated especially in complicated propagation environment due to the nature and features of the environment. There are different kinds of localisation systems and they are Global Positioning System (GPS) which can be used for accurate outdoor localization; while technologies like artificial vision, ultrasonic signals, infrared and radio frequency signals can be employed for indoor localization. This project focuses on the location estimation in RFID Non Line-of-Sight (NLOS) environment using Real Time Localization System (RTLS) with passive tags, in carrying out passengers and baggage tracking at the airport. Indoor location radio sensing suffers from reflection, refraction and diffractions due to the nature of the environment. This unfavourable phenomenon called multipath leads to delay in the arrival of signal and the strength of signal received by receiving antenna within the propagation channel which in turns affects the RSSI, yielding inaccurate location estimation. RTLS based on time difference of arrival and error compensation technique and extended Kalman filter technique were employed in a NLOS environment to determine the location of tag. The better method for location estimation in a NLOS between the Kalman filtering and extended Kalman filtering is investigated. According to simulation results, the extended Kalman filtering technique is more suitable to be applied to RTLS.
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Analysis and order reduction of an autonomous lunar lander navigation systemNewman, Clark Patrick 18 July 2012 (has links)
A navigation system for precision lunar descent and landing is presented and analyzed. The navigation algorithm is based upon the extended Kalman Filter and employs measurements from an inertial measurement unit to propagate the vehicle position, velocity, and attitude forward in time. External measurements from an altimeter, star camera, terrain camera, and velocimeter are utilized in state estimate updates. The navigation algorithm also attempts to estimate the values of uncertain parameters associated with the sensors. The navigation algorithm also estimates the map-tie angle of the landing site which is a measure of the misalignment of the actual landing site location on the surface of the Moon versus the estimated position of the landing site.
The navigation algorithm is subject to a sensitivity analysis which investigates the contribution of each error source to the total estimation performance of the navigation system. Per the results of the sensitivity analysis, it is found that certain error sources need not be actively estimated to achieve similar estimation performance at a reduced computational burden. A new, reduced-order system is presented and tested through covariance analysis and a monte carlo analysis. The new system is shown to have comparable estimation performance at a fraction of the computer run-time, making it more suitable for a real-time implementation. / text
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Algorithm Design for Driver Attention MonitoringSjöblom, Olle January 2015 (has links)
The concept driver distraction is diffuse and no clear definition exists, which causes troubles when it comes to driver attention monitoring. This thesis takes an approach where eyetracking data from experienced drivers along with radar data has been used and analysed in an attempt to set up adaptive rules of how and how often the driver needs to attend to different objects in its surroundings, which circumvents the issue of not having a clear definition of driver distraction. In order to do this, a target tracking algorithm has been implemented that refines the output from the radar, subsequently used together with the eye-tracking data to in a statistical manner, in the long term, try to answer the question for how long is the driver allowed to look away in different driving scenarios? The thesis presents a proof of concept of this approach, and the results look promising.
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Fault monitoring in hydraulic systems using unscented Kalman filterSepasi, Mohammad 05 1900 (has links)
Condition monitoring of hydraulic systems is an area that has grown
substantially in the last few decades. This thesis presents a scheme that
automatically generates the fault symptoms by on-line processing of raw sensor data
from a real test rig. The main purposes of implementing condition monitoring in
hydraulic systems are to increase productivity, decrease maintenance costs and
increase safety. Since such systems are widely used in industry and becoming more
complex in function, reliability of the systems must be supported by an efficient
monitoring and maintenance scheme.
This work proposes an accurate state space model together with a novel
model-based fault diagnosis methodology. The test rig has been fabricated in the
Process Automation and Robotics Laboratory at UBC. First, a state space model of
the system is derived. The parameters of the model are obtained through either
experiments or direct measurements and manufacturer specifications. To validate the
model, the simulated and measured states are compared. The results show that under
normal operating conditions the simulation program and real system produce similar
state trajectories.
For the validated model, a condition monitoring scheme based on the
Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) is developed. In simulations, both measurement and
process noises are considered. The results show that the algorithm estimates the
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system states with acceptable residual errors. Therefore, the structure is verified to
be employed as the fault diagnosis scheme.
Five types of faults are investigated in this thesis: loss of load, dynamic
friction load, the internal leakage between the two hydraulic cylinder chambers, and
the external leakage at either side of the actuator. Also, for each leakage scenario,
three levels of leakage are investigated in the tests. The developed UKF-based fault
monitoring scheme is tested on the practical system while different fault scenarios
are singly introduced to the system. A sinusoidal reference signal is used for the
actuator displacement. To diagnose the occurred fault in real time, three criteria,
namely residual moving average of the errors, chamber pressures, and actuator
characteristics, are considered. Based on the presented experimental results and
discussions, the proposed scheme can accurately diagnose the occurred faults.
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Informative Path Planning and Sensor Scheduling for Persistent Monitoring TasksJawaid, Syed Talha January 2013 (has links)
In this thesis we consider two combinatorial optimization problems that relate to the field of persistent monitoring.
In the first part, we extend the classic problem of finding the maximum weight Hamiltonian cycle in a graph to the case where the objective is a submodular function of the edges. We consider a greedy algorithm and a 2-matching based algorithm, and we show that they have approximation factors of 1/2+κ and max{2/(3(2+κ)),(2/3)(1-κ)} respectively, where κ is the curvature of the submodular function. Both algorithms require a number of calls to the submodular function that is cubic to the number of vertices in the graph. We then present a method to solve a multi-objective optimization consisting of both additive edge costs and submodular edge rewards. We provide simulation results to empirically evaluate the performance of the algorithms. Finally, we demonstrate an application in monitoring an environment using an autonomous mobile sensor, where the sensing reward is related to the entropy reduction of a given a set of measurements.
In the second part, we study the problem of selecting sensors to obtain the most accurate state estimate of a linear system. The estimator is taken to be a Kalman filter and we attempt to optimize the a posteriori error covariance. For a finite time horizon, we show that, under certain restrictive conditions, the problem can be phrased as a submodular function optimization and that a greedy approach yields a 1-1/(e^(1-1/e))-approximation. Next, for an infinite time horizon, we characterize the exact conditions for the existence of a schedule with bounded estimation error covariance. We then present a scheduling algorithm that guarantees that the error covariance will be bounded and that the error will die out exponentially for any detectable LTI system. Simulations are provided to compare the performance of the algorithm against other known techniques.
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Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network-aided Extended Kalman Filter for Mobile Robot LocalizationWei, Zhuo 15 September 2011 (has links)
In this thesis, an algorithm that improves the performance of the extended Kalman filter (EKF) on the mobile robot localization issue is proposed, which is aided by the cooperation of neural network and fuzzy logic. An EKF is used to fuse the information acquired from both the robot optical encoders and the external sensors in order to estimate the current robot position and orientation. Then the error covariance of the EKF is tracked by the covariance matching technique. When the output of the matching technique does not meet the desired condition, a fuzzy logic is employed to adjust the error covariance matrix to modify it back to the desired value range. Since the fuzzy logic is lack of the capability of learning, a neural network is presented in the algorithm to train the EKF. The simulation results demonstrate that, with the comparison to the odometry and the standard EKF method under the same error divergence condition, the proposed extended Kalman filter effectively improves the accuracy of the localization of the mobile robot system and effectively prevents the filter divergence.
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Unconstrained nonlinear state estimation for chemical processesShenoy, Arjun Vsiwanath Unknown Date
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