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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S19/00—Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
  • G01S19/38—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system
  • G01S19/39—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
  • G01S19/393—Trajectory determination or predictive tracking, e.g. Kalman filtering
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S19/00—Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
  • G01S19/38—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system
  • G01S19/39—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
  • G01S19/396—Determining accuracy or reliability of position or pseudorange measurements
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S19/00—Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
  • G01S19/38—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system
  • G01S19/39—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
  • G01S19/53—Determining attitude
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S19/00—Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
  • G01S19/01—Satellite radio beacon positioning systems transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
  • G01S19/13—Receivers
  • G01S19/22—Multipath-related issues
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
  • G01S19/00—Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems
  • G01S19/38—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system
  • G01S19/39—Determining a navigation solution using signals transmitted by a satellite radio beacon positioning system the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
  • G01S19/52—Determining velocity

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting an erroneous determination of a geographical position of a vehicle, in particular a based on a satellite navigation receiver erroneous particular geographical position of a vehicle.
• TECHNICAL BACKGROUND Disturbances due to multipath effects are the main cause of erroneous determinations of positions in GNSS processing.
• the multipath effects arise from a superposition of a direct satellite signal with a reflection, such as metal facades of houses, the direct satellite signal.
• the effects of multipath effects occur in both constructive and destructive interference between the reflected and direct satellite signals.
• Methods and apparatus for detecting multipath interference are challenging for GNSS processing because one or more perturbed measurements, if not compensated or filtered, will result in incorrect position determination and positional error.
• special processing such as differential GNSS processing results in higher absolute position accuracy, it is just as affected by multipath effects as normal GNSS processing.
• the position and speed of a vehicle determined by satellite navigation receivers can be used for data fusion or dead reckoning.
• the position and velocity determined by satellite navigation receivers are also used in a general fusion filter, eg in a Kalman filter, to support or correct the position or velocity estimate of the Kalman filter.
• a general fusion filter eg in a Kalman filter
• an estimation filter outliers ie jumps or large deviations in a position of the vehicle, can be detected as faulty and discarded. Therefore, rough multipath effects can be suppressed.
• creeping effects of the satellite signals in which the erroneous multipath effects that lead to a change in position of the vehicle, do not arise suddenly, but with a slowly increasing so-called position drift, as explained for example in FIG. 1 shows different trajectories of a vehicle, for example an actual trajectory 10, an unfiltered GPS trajectory 20, a trajectory 30 determined by a fusion algorithm and a filtered GPS trajectory 40
• the erroneous position determinations of satellite navigation receivers can also disturb other sensor measurements by determining incorrect correction values of the other sensors based on the incorrect position determinations of satellite navigation receivers.
• the object is achieved by a device for detecting a faulty determination of a geographical position of a vehicle.
• the apparatus includes a sensor configured to determine a first yaw rate of the vehicle, a satellite navigation receiver configured to receive satellite signals during a predetermined time period, a plurality of geographic positions of the vehicle based on the received satellite signals determine and determine a geographic reference position of the vehicle based on the plurality of geographic positions, and a processor configured to determine a second yaw rate of the vehicle based on the determined geographic reference position of the vehicle, and the first yaw rate the second yaw rate to detect the erroneous determination of the geographical position of the vehicle.
• the technical advantage is achieved that an erroneous determination of a geographical position of the vehicle can be detected early, whereby the erroneous determination of the position of multipath effects of the received satellite signals can be caused. Furthermore, this achieves, for example, the technical advantage that, by receiving satellite signals for a predetermined period of time, a subsequent detection and compensation of the erroneous determination of the position is possible, since it can be recognized if and which effect was introduced into the device by the above-mentioned multipath effects ,
• this achieves, for example, the technical advantage that an ASIL (automotive safety integrity level) functionality based on the satellite signals can be realized through the verifiability of the yaw rate determined by the satellite navigation receiver, since resulting errors from the satellite signals can be recognized and filtered.
• ASIL autonomous safety integrity level
• the device can be installed in cars, in airplanes or in ships.
• the senor is a rotation rate sensor.
• the satellite navigation receiver is further configured to determine a speed of the vehicle based on a Doppler effect of the received satellite signals.
• the processor is further configured to determine a third yaw rate of the vehicle based on the speed of the vehicle determined by the satellite navigation receiver and to compare the third yaw rate with the first yaw rate to the erroneous determination of the geographic position of the vehicle detect if a first difference between the first yaw rate and the third yaw rate exceeds a first predetermined tolerance threshold.
• the processor is further configured to determine the second yaw rate ⁇ / ⁇ of the vehicle based on the following formula: where ⁇ is a yaw angle of the vehicle, ⁇ is a time interval, Y t is a second coordinate of the satellite navigation receiver last determined geographical position of the vehicle, X 2 is a first coordinate of the determined geographical reference position of the vehicle, Y 2 is a second coordinate of the particular geographic Reference position of the vehicle, and ⁇ - ⁇ is a coordinate of a previous specific geographical position of the vehicle.
• the processor is further configured to determine the second yaw rate ⁇ / ⁇ of the vehicle based on the following formula: wherein a first coordinate is the last determined by the satellite navigation receiver geographical position of the vehicle, and K j is a second coordinate of a previous specific geographical position of the vehicle.
• the processor is further configured to detect the erroneous determination of the geographical position of the vehicle if a second difference between the first yaw rate and the second yaw rate exceeds a second predetermined tolerance threshold.
• the processor is further configured to discard the last geographic position determined by the satellite navigation receiver if the processor detects the erroneous determination of the geographical position of the vehicle.
• the processor is further configured to use an estimation filter for determining the geographical reference position of the vehicle.
• the estimation filter is a Kalman filter.
• satellite navigation receiver is a NAVSTAR GPS, a GLONASS, a GALILEO, or a BEIDOU satellite navigation receiver.
• the method may be performed by the device. Further features of the method result directly from the features and / or the functionality of the device. According to a third aspect, the object is achieved by a computer program having a program code for carrying out the method according to the second aspect, when the program code is executed on a computer.
• FIG. 1 shows a comparison between an actual trajectory of a vehicle and other trajectories of the vehicle, which are determined by various methods
• FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of an arrangement including a device for detecting an erroneous determination of a geographical position of a vehicle, according to one embodiment
• FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a trajectory of a vehicle according to an embodiment
• FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a method for detecting a faulty determination of a geographical position of a vehicle according to an embodiment.
• FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of an arrangement 100 comprising an apparatus for detecting an erroneous determination of a geographical position of a vehicle 102, according to an embodiment.
• the arrangement 100 includes a vehicle 102, an object 108, and a satellite 106.
• the vehicle 102 includes a device for detecting an erroneous determination of a geographic location of the vehicle 102, the device including a satellite navigation receiver 104, a sensor, and a satellite comprises a processor.
• the satellite navigation receiver 104 may be configured to receive satellite signals for a predetermined period of time, to determine a plurality of geographical locations of the vehicle 102 based on the received satellite signals, and to determine a geographic reference location 102b of the vehicle 102 based on the plurality of geographic locations. Further, the satellite navigation receiver 104 may be configured to rate a speed of the vehicle 102, wherein the speed of the vehicle 102 may be determined based on Doppler effects of the satellite signals.
• the determination of a plurality of geographical positions of the vehicle 102 during a predetermined time period or a covered distance has the advantage that the yaw rate of the vehicle 102 on the one hand based on changes in position of the vehicle 102 and on the other hand based on changes in the Directions of the speed of the vehicle 102 from the satellite navigation receiver 104 can be determined.
• the technical advantage is achieved that an evaluation of the interference of the satellite signals independently between position of the vehicle 102 and speed of the vehicle 102 can be made or correlated, if the speed of the vehicle 102 also to the changes of the particular geographical positions of the vehicle 102nd fits.
• the sensor is configured to determine a first yaw rate of the vehicle 102.
• the sensor and satellite navigation receiver 104 may be connected to the processor.
• the processor may be configured to determine a second yaw rate of the vehicle 102 based on the determined geographic reference position 102b of the vehicle 102, and to compare the first yaw rate with the second yaw rate to detect the erroneous determination of the geographic location of the vehicle 102.
• the technical advantage is achieved that an erroneous determination of the geographical position of the vehicle 102 or a position drift laterally to the direction of travel (see FIG. 1) in a resulting yaw rate reflect.
• This can be very well compared with values from other yaw rates, the values of the other yaw rates, for example, based on an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor, a steering wheel angle, an odometry sensor, a magnetic sensor, wheel speeds, or Fusion filters can be determined.
• IMU inertial measurement unit
• the technical advantage is achieved that multipath effects that would lead to an erroneous determination of the geographical position of the vehicle 102 or to a change in orientation of the vehicle 102 are very well and quickly recognizable if a difference between the determined based on satellite signals yaw rate and a yaw rate determined by sensors or fusion filters exceeds a predetermined tolerance threshold.
• the tolerance threshold may be determined, for example, based on the accuracy of the second yaw rate and the accuracy of the first yaw rate.
• the erroneous determination of the geographic location of the vehicle 102 may be caused by multipath effects, where the multipath effects occur when an antenna of the satellite navigation receiver 104 is in proximity to a large reflective object 108, such as a building. Then the satellite signal does not run directly to the antenna, but first encounters the object 108, to then be reflected onto the antenna, which can lead to an erroneous determination of the geographical position of the vehicle 102.
• 3 shows a schematic representation of a trajectory of a vehicle 102 according to an embodiment. The trajectory of the vehicle 102 may be determined based on a plurality of geographic locations determined by the satellite navigation receiver 104.
• the satellite navigation receiver 104 may be configured to use with each new determination of the geographical position of the vehicle 102, the position history of the vehicle 102 over the last 5 seconds or 100 m, for example, to determine a second yaw rate ⁇ /,, where ⁇ / At can be determined by the processor based on the following formula:
• ⁇ is a yaw angle of the vehicle 102
• At is a time interval
• Y T is a second coordinate of the satellite navigation receiver 104 last determined geographical position 102 a of the vehicle 102
• X 2 is a first coordinate of a geographic reference position 102 b of the vehicle 102nd
• Y 2 is a second coordinate of the geographical reference position 102b of the vehicle 102
• ⁇ ⁇ is a coordinate of a previous specific geographical position 102 c of the vehicle 102.
• the satellite navigation receiver 104 may be configured to determine the previously determined geographic location 102c of the vehicle 102 and the geographical reference location 102b of the vehicle 102 based on a Kalman filter.
• the processor may be configured to determine the reference position of the vehicle 102 using a movement theory or an orientation model.
• the position 102a of the vehicle 102 may be determined by pseudorange measurements or carrier phase measurements or a combination thereof from satellite navigation receivers 104.
• the processor may be configured to convert the coordinates of the last determined geographic location 102a, the previous geographic location 102c, and the geographic reference location 102b to vehicle coordinates. Furthermore, the processor may be configured to compare the second yaw rate ⁇ / ⁇ with a first yaw rate, which is determined for example by a yaw rate sensor of the vehicle 102, and to discard the last determined geographical position 102a if a difference between the second yaw rate ⁇ / At and the first yaw rate exceeds a predetermined tolerance threshold.
• the processor may be configured to determine a third yaw rate ⁇ * / ⁇ based on the following formula: where v x and v y are velocity components of the vehicle 102 that may be determined based on GNSS Doppler velocity measurement. According to another embodiment, the processor may be configured to determine the third yaw rate ⁇ * / ⁇ based on the following formula: where ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , v x _ ,, ⁇ ⁇ and ⁇ ⁇ are velocity components of the vehicle 102 that can be determined based on GNSS Doppler velocity measurements.
• the method 400 includes the steps of determining 402 a first yaw rate of the vehicle 102, receiving 404 satellite signals during a predetermined time period, determining 406 a plurality of geographic positions of the vehicle 102 based on the received satellite signals, determining 408 a geographic reference position 102b of the vehicle 102 based on the determined plurality of geographic positions, determining 410 a second yaw rate of the vehicle 102 based on the determined geographic reference position 102b of the vehicle 102, and comparing 412 the first yaw rate with the second yaw rate to detect the erroneous determination of the geographic location of the vehicle 102.

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