Paper Info
Title
Design and Scaled Implementation of a UWB Sensor System for Cargo Transfer
Abstract
In this paper a UWB-based sensor system for cargo transfer is designed, simulated, implemented and tested. This system was designed to address the problem of safely transferring cargo crates between ships on the open seas. UWB antennas are placed on the four corners of the cargo crate, providing the information needed by a ranging/positioning algorithm that estimates the orientation and distance of the ship's deck from the crate. This information is fed to a non-linear control system which controls the landing crane. We focus on the sensor system in this paper. Furthermore, the system is successfully tested in a 1/24 scale prototype demonstration.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.208
Washington, DC
Keywords
Field
DocType
freight handling,infrared detectors,nonlinear control systems,position control,ultra wideband antennas,ultra wideband communication,ultrasonic transducers,UWB antennas,UWB sensor system,cargo crates,cargo transfer,nonlinear control system,positioning algorithm,ranging algorithm,ships
Ultrasonic sensor,Crate,Computer science,Real-time computing,Deck,Sensor system,Ranging,Ultra wideband antennas,Control system,Computer hardware,Embedded system
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1930-529X
978-1-4244-1043-9
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Haris Ioannis Volos1403.89
R. M. Buehrer21328133.42