Simultaneous localization and mapping for pedestrians using distortions of the local magnetic field intensity in large indoor environments

2013 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, IPIN 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Robertson, Patrick ^a   Frassl, Martin ^a   Angermann, Michael ^a   Doniec, Marek ^b   Julian, Brian J ^b   Puyol, Maria Garcia ^a   Khider, Mohammed ^a   Lichtenstern, Michael ^a   Bruno, Luigi ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; LOCATION INFORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAPPING AND LOCALIZATION; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING ALGORITHMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84902145763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPIN.2013.6817910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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