l_aventurier
New Member
Hi,
I would like to know what options exist in terms of electronic equipment for “local positionning/tracking of moving objects”.
Let’s say we consider a 50x50m warehouse with moving objects inside. Each of those object carries some sort of sensor/transponder that are used to get their coordinates, like a "local GPS"; and a computer is able to follow in real-time the local coordinates of those moving objects to, for example, draw a map of the place with moving dots…. It’s a position tracking problem.
The accuracy is important here, like a few centimetres and the data should be refreshed at least once per second.
On the following diagram, some dogs are moving in the rooms of the building and they appear as dots on the computer screen.
(https://www.electro-tech-online.com/imgcache/67-warehousef.jpg)
This problem involves many smaller problems but the one I would like to focus is the positioning part.
Do you know, from your knowledge/experience, what kind of system exists? Note there may be walls and no light so I rule out system involving “photography + image processing”.
Those components would be integrated in a bigger system so they should provide some sort of interface that can be accessed by other components driving them (to be somehow controllable programmatically from software or HDL kind of stuff).
Just some pointers to send me in the right direction would be great!
Thanks for your help!
I would like to know what options exist in terms of electronic equipment for “local positionning/tracking of moving objects”.
Let’s say we consider a 50x50m warehouse with moving objects inside. Each of those object carries some sort of sensor/transponder that are used to get their coordinates, like a "local GPS"; and a computer is able to follow in real-time the local coordinates of those moving objects to, for example, draw a map of the place with moving dots…. It’s a position tracking problem.
The accuracy is important here, like a few centimetres and the data should be refreshed at least once per second.
On the following diagram, some dogs are moving in the rooms of the building and they appear as dots on the computer screen.
![67-warehousef.jpg](https://www.electro-tech-online.com/imgcache/67-warehousef.jpg)
(https://www.electro-tech-online.com/imgcache/67-warehousef.jpg)
This problem involves many smaller problems but the one I would like to focus is the positioning part.
Do you know, from your knowledge/experience, what kind of system exists? Note there may be walls and no light so I rule out system involving “photography + image processing”.
Those components would be integrated in a bigger system so they should provide some sort of interface that can be accessed by other components driving them (to be somehow controllable programmatically from software or HDL kind of stuff).
Just some pointers to send me in the right direction would be great!
Thanks for your help!