EP4158384A1 - Procede et dispositif de determination de positions geographiques d'un traceur de localisation geographique - Google Patents
Procede et dispositif de determination de positions geographiques d'un traceur de localisation geographiqueInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to the general field of GNSS geographic localization (for “Geolocation and Navigation by a Satellite System”), for example GPS (for “Global Positioning System” in English) or even Galileo. It applies in a privileged but nonlimiting manner to the geographical location of a geographical position tracer having low energy consumption.
- Low power consumption position plotters are commonly used to trace objects that are often stationary, such as baggage or cargo containers. These trackers have a low power battery or battery. Such a plotter captures a GNSS signal to determine its location or geographical position and can display and / or send information on the determined location to a server.
- the GNSS tracking functionality often works intermittently, by measuring the GNSS signal at times far from each other, and not from each other. continuous way.
- the GNSS location measurements (called “fix”) can be of poor quality, in particular when the plotter is placed in a place where the GNSS signal is weak.
- a solution is known for obtaining a more precise localization while respecting the requirement of the low consumption of the tracer.
- This solution consists of post-processing by a server of the location measurements carried out by the GNSS plotter.
- Patents US8223068B2 and US9261599B1 propose such post-processing methods. These prior art post-processing methods are based on an assumption that the tracer is static. However, the plotter can be moved from time to time. These methods of the prior art therefore do not make it possible to locate the tracer with precision.
- the invention relates to a method for determining the geographical positions of a geographic location plotter, the method being implemented by a device for a sequence of geographic location measurements of the plotter, the sequence being ordered as a function of an instant of measurement of the measurements, the method comprising the steps of:
- the invention relates to a device for determining the geographic positions of a geographic location plotter, the device comprising:
- a module for obtaining a sequence configured to obtain a sequence of measurements of the geographical location of the tracer, the sequence being ordered as a function of an instant of measurement of the measurements;
- processing module configured for, for a measurement of the sequence, known as an “indexed measurement”,
- a comparison module configured to determine a maximum distance from among the distances calculated for all the indexed measurements of the sequence; the processing module being configured to determine that the statistical data of the first set defined for the indexed measurement associated with the maximum distance corresponds to a first position of the tracer and the statistical data of the second set defined for the indexed measurement associated with the maximum distance corresponds to a second position of the tracer.
- the proposed device is a device for post-processing GNSS location measurements, making it possible to improve the precision of the location of the start and finish positions of the plotter after each movement.
- the proposed method finds an interesting application when the tracer often remains static, for example 90% of the time.
- the tracer moves infrequently, for example two to three times a month.
- the tracer can be co-located, for example, with a piece of luggage or a container.
- the tracer is a tracer with low energy consumption.
- This geographic location tracer can be incorporated into the plotted object, attached to or attached to it.
- a geographic location measurement is a set of GNSS coordinates making it possible to define a geographic position of the plotter. It is common to use the English term “fix” to denote a GNSS geographic location measurement.
- the GNSS coordinates of the plotter can be for example the latitude, the longitude and the altitude with respect to a given level such as the mean sea level.
- the determination method proposes dividing a sequence of GNSS measurements into sub-sequences which correspond to positions occupied by the sensor (the tracer) before and after a movement.
- the proposed method further comprises steps of:
- the comparison module is further configured to compare the maximum distance to a threshold; the proposed device also includes:
- a division module configured for, if the maximum distance is greater than or equal to the threshold
- the proposed method is implemented until all the maximum distances determined for all the subsequences are below the threshold, the statistical data of the subsequences obtained at the end of the last iteration correspond to the starting and ending positions of the plotter following each movement.
- This mode allows better precision in determining the starting and ending positions of the plotter when moving.
- the plotter has been moved as many times as the number of sub-sequences obtained following the last iteration of the implementation of the method, reduced by 1. For example, if the number of sub-sequences is equal to 2, the plotter has been moved once, the first sub-sequence corresponds to its starting position and the second sub-sequence corresponds to its arrival position. If the number of sub-sequences is equal to n, the plotter has been moved n-1 times.
- the proposed technique makes it possible to meet the low energy consumption requirement of the geographic location tracer (s).
- the GNSS functionality can be activated at the plotter in a discontinuous fashion.
- the steps of calculating statistical data for the sets and of calculating a distance between the sets are implemented for each of the measurements of the sequence, as an indexed measurement.
- the step of obtaining the sequence of measurements comprises at least one reception of said measurement from the location tracer.
- the proposed device and the location tracer can communicate with each other via a LoRa type network (for "Long Range” in English, long range network) to allow the transmission of measurements to the server.
- a LoRa type network for "Long Range” in English, long range network
- loT objects for "Internet of Things” in English
- the LoRa network consumes little power because it only circulates a limited amount of data at the same time.
- Connected objects of the LoRa type have a great autonomy, they can by for example be powered by a battery for a period of 2 to 3 years, without the need for special maintenance. This makes it possible to ensure low energy consumption of the tracer.
- the proposed device can obtain the sequence of measurements following its configuration by a user or by downloading it from another device.
- each statistical datum associated with a set represents a geographical position, in other words a set of GNSS coordinates such as a latitude, a longitude and an altitude.
- the statistical data of the first and second sets are of the same nature.
- the statistical data associated with the sets are the geometric medians of these sets.
- a geometric median of a set is the point which minimizes the sum of the distances between this point and the elements of the set.
- a geometric median of a set of measurements is therefore a geographical position which minimizes the distances between it and the GNSS positions defined by the measurements of this set.
- This embodiment makes it possible to obtain a value which represents a location centered among the measures of the set.
- the geometric median of a set can be determined by a method of the prior art, for example by a gradient descent algorithm such as that proposed by the mathematician Weiszfeld.
- the statistical data of a set is equal to the average of its elements. It corresponds to a position whose latitude, longitude and altitude are respectively the mean latitude, the mean longitude and the mean altitude of the GNSS measurements of the whole.
- the distance between a first and a second set is equal to the distance between the statistical data of these sets, for example between the geometric medians of these sets.
- the step of obtaining the sequence further comprises obtaining, for at least certain measurements of the sequence, reliability coefficients of these measurements.
- the determination method further comprises, for each indexed measurement of the sequence and for each of the first and second set corresponding to the indexed measurement, a step of calculating a quality coefficient associated with the statistical data of the set, in as a function of the number of measurements in the set and as a function of the reliability coefficients of the measurements of the set, the distance between said first and second sets being calculated taking into account the quality coefficients associated with their statistical data.
- This embodiment makes it possible to take into account the quality of the measurements, and thus to give more weight to the GNSS measurements of better quality for the localization of the tracer.
- the distance between the first and second sets is calculated as a function of the distance between the statistical data of these sets while taking into account the quality coefficients of these data. The maximum distance that will be maintained for a possible division of the sequence thus takes these factors into account.
- the more the assembly includes GNSS measurements the better the quality coefficient of its statistical data. Indeed, the geographical location of the plotter is more reliable when the server has more GNSS measurements.
- the quality coefficient of the statistical data of a set reflects the reliability coefficients of the GNSS measurements of this set. The more reliable the GNSS measurements, the better the quality coefficient of the statistical data.
- a measure Mj is weighted by a weighting coefficient wj expressed by: [Math. 1] where j is an integer (index) that varies between 1 and the number of measurements in a sequence, Qj is the reliability coefficient of a measurement Mj, and K is a constant, Qj and K being expressed in meters.
- the quality coefficient of a statistical datum of a set is expressed by [Math. 2]: where j is an integer (index) that varies between 1 and the number of measurements in the set, Qj is the reliability coefficient of a measurement Mj, and K is a constant, Qj and K being expressed in meters.
- the method further comprises a step of representing on a map, a circle having as its center the statistical data of a said set, and having the quality coefficient (CQ) as its radius. associated with the statistical data.
- CQ quality coefficient
- This embodiment allows a user to graphically visualize zones of presence of the tracer.
- the smaller the radius of the circle the better the quality of the statistical data of the set.
- the circle is a point, we can determine that the plotter has been located at that point.
- the plotter is located in the geographical area surrounded by the circle, but without further precision.
- the distance associated with an indexed measurement is represented on the map by the distance between the two circles corresponding to the first and the second set.
- the distance maximum which is taken into account for a possible division of the sequence of measurements is that which allows a greater spacing between the circles representing the first and second sets which are associated with it.
- the distance between a first and a second set is equal to the distance between the statistical data of these sets, ie on the map the distance between the centers of the two circles.
- the distance between a first and a second set is equal to the distance between the statistical data of these sets, minus the quality coefficients associated with each of the statistical data. This mode makes it possible to take into account the distance which separates the ends of the two sets closest to one another. On the map, this distance corresponds to the distance between the edges of the circles representing the sets.
- the statistical datum of a set is weighted as a function of the reliability coefficients of the measurements of this set, the weighted statistical datum being calculated by an application of the Weiszfeld algorithm.
- This mode makes it possible to determine the statistical data by favoring the measures of better quality compared to the other measures of the whole.
- the statistical data is the geometric median of the set
- this weighted data is a position minimizing the distances between it and the positions corresponding to the best quality GNSS measurements.
- This embodiment makes it possible to rely on GNSS measurements of better quality compared to other measurements, and thus to improve the precision of the geographical location of the tracer and of its positions before and after each displacement.
- the distance between a first and a second set is equal to the distance between the weighted statistical data of these sets, minus the quality coefficients associated with each of the weighted statistical data.
- the measurements of the sequence are time stamped.
- the timestamp makes it possible to determine a time interval during which the tracer has been moved and thus to provide an estimate on the instant of movement of the tracer. In particular, it is possible to determine at the end of the iterations of implementation of the proposed method that the plotter has been moved between a time corresponding to a statistical datum of a first sub-sequence, and an hour corresponding to a statistical datum of a second sub-sequence.
- the invention also relates to a system for determining the geographical positions of a geographical location plotter.
- the system comprises a device in accordance with the invention, as described above, and the geographic location plotter, the plotter being configured to send geographic location measurements to the proposed device for post-processing of these measurements.
- the tracer of the proposed determination system comprises an accelerometer, the tracer being configured to increase a frequency for sending measurements upon detection of the activation of the accelerometer, the latter indicating a possible start of movement of the plotter.
- the sequence will include more measurements taken during the movement of the plotter, which will improve the precision of the determined geographical positions.
- the invention also relates to a computer program on a recording medium, this program being capable of being implemented in a computer or in a determination device as described above, this program comprising suitable instructions. to the implementation of a method for determining the geographical positions of a tracer as described above.
- This program can use any programming language, and be in the form of machine code, source code, object code, or code intermediate between source code and object code, such as in a partially compiled form, or in any other desirable form.
- this program can be executed by a microcontroller pC (“microcontroller” in English).
- the invention also relates to information or recording media readable by a computer, and comprising instructions of the computer program as mentioned above.
- Information or recording media can be any entity or device capable of storing programs.
- the media can include a storage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectronic circuit ROM, or else a magnetic recording means, for example a floppy disk or a disk. hard, or flash memory.
- the information or recording media can be transmissible media such as an electrical or optical signal, which can be conveyed via an electrical or optical cable, by radio link, by optical link without wire or by other means.
- the program according to the invention can in particular be downloaded over an Internet-type network.
- each information or recording medium can be an integrated circuit in which the program is incorporated, the circuit being adapted to execute or to be used in the execution of the method of determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a functional architecture of a system for determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to a particular embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart representing steps of a method for determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to a particular embodiment
- FIG. 3 illustrates the content of a memory of a device for determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to a particular embodiment
- FIGS. 4A and 4B are maps represented by a device for determining positions, according to a particular embodiment
- FIG. 5 A and 5B are maps represented by a device for determining positions, according to a particular embodiment
- FIG. 6 illustrates a functional architecture of a device for determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to a particular embodiment
- FIG. 7 illustrates the hardware architecture of a device for determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to a particular embodiment.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a functional architecture of a SYS system for determining the geographical positions of a plotter according to a particular embodiment.
- the SYS system includes an SRV device for determining geographic positions and at least one geographic location tracer TRAC.
- the tracer TRAC is configured to send location measurements Mj to the determination device SRV for their post-processing, that is to say their processing after taking these measurements.
- the tracer can be co-located with an object, for example incorporated therein.
- the SRV device is a server.
- the SRV server can be configured to process the measurements of several plotters.
- the determination device can be a terminal such as a computer, a tablet or a mobile phone.
- the TRAC plotter has low energy consumption. It is powered by a battery of limited voltage, for example less than 10V.
- the SRV server and the TRAC plotter communicate with each other via a LoRa type network.
- the TRAC plotter is configured to take measurements of geographic location Mj (j is a strictly positive integer) at moments tj. These measurement instants are for example distant from each other, for example 6 hours.
- the TRAC plotter is configured to send these Mj measurements to the SRV server.
- GNSS Global System for Mobile Communications
- GPS Global System for Mobile Communications
- Galileo measurements or any other satellite system. No limitation is attached to the type of location measurement.
- the tracer TRAC comprises an accelerometer configured to detect an acceleration of movement of the tracer.
- the tracer TRAC is configured to increase the frequency of sending the measurements Mj if the accelerometer detects an acceleration of movement of the tracer, the acceleration being an indication of a possible start of movement of the tracer. For example, this involves sending a measurement every 30 minutes instead of every 6 hours in the absence of acceleration.
- the plotter can be configured to take a measurement for a shorter time compared to the time needed for the measurement to stabilize. For example instead of taking a measurement for a period of 1 to 3 minutes required for stabilization, the TRAC plotter takes a measurement for 5 to 6 seconds. Mj measurements are therefore of uncertain reliability because they are not stabilized. Mj measurements require post-processing by the SRV server to determine with better accuracy the positions and displacement of the plotter.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart representing the different steps of a method for determining the geographical positions of a plotter in a particular embodiment. The method is implemented by the SRV server described with reference to FIG. 1.
- the SRV server obtains a sequence SQ of measurements Mj of geographical location of the tracer, the sequence SQ being ordered according to an instant of measurement of said measurements.
- the post-processing implemented by the SRV server is set, that is to say it is carried out over the entire sequence SQ of the GNSS measurements, Mj.
- Figure 3 illustrates the content of a memory of the SRV server according to the embodiment described with reference to Figures 1 and 2.
- the memory stores the SQ sequence obtained in step E010.
- the sequence SQ comprises a number n of measurements Mj.
- the SRV server can obtain in step E010 a measurement instant tj for each measurement Mj, j being an integer which varies between 1 and n.
- the SRV server creates a partition of the sequence into two ordered sets El and E2.
- the indexed measurement is the last measure of the first set E1.
- the first set E1 comprises the first measure M1 of the sequence SQ and the second set E2 comprises the other measures M2 to Mn of the sequence SQ.
- the server SRV calculates for the indexed measurement M1, a statistical datum Medl for the first set El.
- the server SRV calculates for the indexed measurement M1, a statistical datum Med2 for the second set E2.
- the statistical data Med1 and Med2 are geographical positions determined from the GNSS measurements of the sets El and E2 respectively.
- the statistical datum Med1 represents the measurements of the set El, and the statistical datum Med2 represents the measures of the set E2.
- the statistical data Med1 and Med2 are the geometric medians of the GNSS measurements of the sets El and E2 respectively:
- the statistical data Med1 (respectively the statistical data Med2) is a geographical position which minimizes the distances between itself and all the GNSS measurements of the set El (respectively the set E2).
- a gradient descent technique such as that proposed by the mathematician Weiszfeld can be used.
- the statistical data Med1 and Med2 can be the means of the measurements of the sets E1 and E2 respectively.
- the SRV server calculates a distance DI associated with the indexed measurement M1, between the two sets El and E2 as a function of a distance between the statistical data Medl and Med2 of these sets.
- the distance Dj between the two sets El and E2 associated with a measure Mj is equal to the distance between their geometric medians Medl and Med2.
- step E0128 The steps of partitioning into two sets E1 and E2 (step E018), of calculating a statistical datum Med1, Med2 for each set E1, E2 (steps E020 and E024) and of calculating a distance between the sets E1 and E2 (step E028) are repeated by varying the indexed measurement Mj from M2 to Mn of the sequence SQ, each time considering an indexed measurement Mj among the measurements of the sequence SQ.
- the indexed measure Mj is the last measure of the first set E1. Alternatively, it can be the first measure of the second set E2.
- the server SRV determines during a step E030 a maximum distance Dmax among the distances Dj calculated for all the indexed measurements Mj of the sequence SQ.
- the SRV server determines during a step E060 that the statistical datum Med1 of the first set E1 of the indexed measurement associated with the maximum distance Dmax corresponds to a first position of the tracer TRAC and that the statistical datum Med2 of the second set E2 of the indexed measurement associated with the maximum distance Dmax corresponds to a second position of the tracer TRAC.
- the SRV server compares, during a step E032, the maximum distance Dmax and a given threshold S.
- the threshold S can be a configuration datum of the SRV server, or can be received by the SRV server from another communicating device.
- the threshold is for example chosen as a function of the optimum precision of the plotter. By way of illustration, for an accuracy of one hundred meters, the threshold is chosen at twenty-five meters.
- the SRV server determines during the step E060 that the statistical data of the first set of the measurement indexed associated with the maximum distance corresponds to a first position of the tracer and the statistical data of the second set of the indexed measurement associated with said maximum distance corresponds to a second position of the tracer.
- the server SRV divides during a step E040 the sequence SQ into two sub-sequences SQA and SQB corresponding respectively to the first and second sets El and E2 of the indexed measurement Mj associated with the maximum distance Dmax. Then, the SRV server implements the method again, i.e. all the previously described steps E010 to E040 for each of the sub-sequences SQA and SQB, as a sequence.
- step E010 to E032 The execution of the proposed method (steps E010 to E032) for one of the SQA or SQB sub-sequences can again lead to the division (E040) into two sub-sequences of one of these sub-sequences. sequences. The method is then implemented again for each of the new sub-sequences, as a sequence.
- the SRV server records as and when the sub-sequences obtained at the end of each iteration of implementation of the proposed method.
- the server determines during step E060 the movements of the plotter and its positions before and after each trip.
- the SRV server determines during step E060 that the plotter has been moved twice:
- the proposed method is based on a gradient descent technique.
- the SRV server defines sub-sequences to result in the sub-sequences making it possible to determine the start and finish positions when moving the plotter.
- the server SRV determines a time interval during which the plotter was moved. Indeed, the server can calculate an average of the instants tj of GNSS measurement, Mj, of each of the sub-sequences SQAa, SQAb and SQB.
- the SRV server determines that the first movement of the tracer took place between an instant (the average) tAa calculated for the subsequence SQAa and an instant tAb calculated for the subsequence SQAb. The second displacement took place between the instant tAb and an instant tB calculated for the sub-sequence SQB.
- the server SRV represents on a map, during a step E050, a position corresponding to the geometric median (or other statistical data) of each sub-sequence SQi.
- This representation E050 can be carried out as the method is implemented following each division E040 as presented in the flowchart of FIG. 2, or after the end of the iterations, or after the determination step E060 .
- step E010 of obtaining a sequence SQ furthermore comprises obtaining reliability coefficients Qj at least for certain measurements Mj of the sequence SQ.
- a measure Mj can be weighted by a weighting coefficient denoted wj and expressed by: [Math. 3]: where j is an integer (index) which varies between 1 and the number n of measurements of a sequence SQ, Qj is the reliability coefficient of a measurement Mj, and K is a constant, Qj and K being expressed in meters.
- the TRAC plotter takes a measurement Mj by picking up GNSS signals from several satellites.
- the TRAC plotter calculates the solid angles between the various signals picked up and assigns the measurement reliability coefficient Mj as a function of the solid angles. If the satellites are aligned (the solid angles tend towards 0), the measurement is of poor quality. On the contrary, if the satellites are in opposite directions to each other (eg at solid angles of 90 ° for 4 satellites), the measurement is of good quality.
- the SRV server calculates during a step E022 a quality coefficient CQ1 associated with the statistical data Med1 of the set E1.
- This step E022 is represented in FIG. 2 in dotted lines.
- the quality coefficient CQ1 is calculated (E022) as a function of the number of measurements of the set El and as a function of the reliability coefficients Qj of the measurements Mj of the set El.
- the SRV server calculates during a step E026 a quality coefficient CQ2 associated with the statistical data Med2 of the set E2.
- This step E026 is implemented after step E024 and it is shown in Figure 2 in dotted lines.
- the quality coefficient CQ2 is calculated (E022) as a function of the number of measurements of the set E2 and as a function of the reliability coefficients Qj of the measurements Mj of the set E2.
- the SRV server calculates (E028) for the indexed measurement Mj, the distance Dj between the first and second set El and E2 taking into account the quality coefficients CQ1 and CQ2 associated with their statistical data Medl and Med2.
- the quality coefficient CQ1 (or CQ2) of the statistical data Med1 (or Med2) can be expressed by [Math. 4]: where j is an integer (index) which varies between 1 and the number of measurements of the set El (E2 respectively), Qj is the reliability coefficient of a measurement Mj, and K is a constant, Qj and K being expressed in meters.
- the quality coefficient CQ of the statistical data of a set can be considered as a weighted average according to the number of measurements of the set and according to the individual quality Qj of each measurement Mj.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate two examples of maps of the sensor location measurements, represented by the SRV server according to this second embodiment of the invention.
- the various bubbles present on the maps represent measurements Mj of the GNSS geographic location of the tracer.
- the SRV server represents, for each set of measurements El, E2, a circle C1, C2, having as its center the statistical data Medl, Med2 of the set, and having a radius determined as a function of the quality coefficient CQ1, CQ2 associated with the statistical data Medl, Med2.
- the radius of the circle C1 (C2) is equal to the quality coefficient CQ1 (CQ2).
- the indexed measure is represented by the filled black bubble.
- the measurements of the first set E1, prior to the indexed measurement are represented by the hatched bubbles.
- the measurements of the second set E2, subsequent to the indexed measurement are represented by the dotted bubbles.
- the indexed measure is the first measure of the second set
- Figure 4A shows an example where the first set El comprises 8 GNSS measurements, and the second set E2 has only one measurement which is the indexed measurement.
- the quality coefficient depends on the number of measurements in the set, the quality coefficient CQ2 of the second set E2 is less good than that (CQ1) of the first set El.
- the radius of the circle C2 (8 meters in this example) is larger than that of circle Cl (3 meters).
- the radius of the circle Cl, C2 is inversely proportional to the number of measurements of the set El, E2. It is determined for example by an exponential sum function.
- the distance D between the sets E1 and E2 is equal to the distance between the statistical data Med1 and Med2
- the distance D is equal to the distance between the sets. edges of the two circles C1 and C2: or the distance between the statistical data Med1 and Med2, minus the quality coefficients CQ1 and CQ2 associated with each of the statistical data Med1 and Med2.
- the second set E2 has one more measure compared to the example of Figure 4A.
- the quality coefficient CQ2 is better and the circle C2 which represents it has a smaller radius than that of the example of Figure 4A.
- the distance Dj between the two sets is equal to 3 meters.
- the distance Dj between the edges of the circles is the distance taken into account for the determination (E030) of the maximum distance Dmax on which a possible division E040 is based.
- the tracer travel distance is represented by the distance between the Med1 and Med2 statistical data, which is a displacement of 10 meters in the example of Figure 4A, and 11 meters in the example of Figure 4B.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate a mapping of measurements of the same sequence SQ represented by the SRV server according to a particular embodiment, following the implementation of steps E020 to E028 of the method proposed by considering two indexed measurements. consecutive.
- the black filled bubble represents the indexed measure
- the hatched bubbles represent the measures of the first set E1
- the dotted bubbles represent the measures included in the second set E2 in addition to the indexed measure.
- the SRV server represents (E050) the mapping for each indexed measurement Mj after calculating the distance Dj associated with this measurement Mj.
- the first set El comprises 7 measurements
- the second set E2 comprises 8 measurements
- the distance between the statistical data Med1 and Med2 of the sets El and E2 is equal to 14 meters
- the radii circles C1 and C2 are equal to 3 meters
- the distance D between the sets El and E2 is equal to 8 meters.
- the indexed measurement of FIG. 5B is consecutive, in the sequence SQ, to that of FIG. 5A.
- the first set El comprises 8 measures
- the second set E2 comprises 7 measures
- the distance between the statistical data Med1 and Med2 of the sets El and E2 is equal to 15 meters
- the radii of the circles Cl and C2 are equal to 3 meters
- the distance D between the sets El and E2 is equal to 9 meters.
- the indexed measurement of FIG. 5B makes it possible to obtain a distance D greater than that obtained by the indexed measurement of FIG. 5A.
- the server SRV server determines during step E030 that the maximum distance Dmax, equal to 9 meters, is associated with the indexed measurement of FIG. 5B, and determines during step E032 that this distance Dmax is greater than the threshold S, the server SRV divides, during step E040, the sequence SQ into two sub-sequences corresponding to the sets El and E2 represented by FIG. 5B.
- the SRV server determines that the plotter has been moved 15 meters, from a geographical position corresponding to the statistical data Med1 to a geographical position corresponding to the statistical data Med2.
- the statistical data Med1 or Med2 of a set El or E2 is weighted according to the reliability coefficients Qj of the measurements Mj of this set, the weighted statistical data being calculated by an application of the Weiszfeld's algorithm.
- the statistical data is closer to reliable GNSS measurements than to GNSS measurements of poorer quality.
- the SRV server calculates an average of the instants tj of certain measurements of a sub-sequence, which are closest to the median geometric Med of the subsequence. The server takes this average into account to determine a time interval during which the plotter has been moved.
- the SRV server determines that a movement has taken place between the latest instant among the instants relating to the measurements of a first sub-sequence (for example the sub-sequence SQAa, or SQAb ), and the earliest instant among the instants relating to the measurements of a second sub-sequence (for example the sub-sequence SQAb, or respectively SQB) which follows the first sub-sequence.
- a first sub-sequence for example the sub-sequence SQAa, or SQAb
- SQB sub-sequence SQAb
- the discarded GNSS measurements which are quite far from the rest of the GNSS measurements of a set are not taken into account for the calculation of the statistical data of this set.
- a sub-sequence obtained after an E040 division comprises only a single measure or a number of measures below a certain threshold, this sub-sequence is not taken into account during of step E060 for determining the movements of the tracer.
- the SRV determination device when the SRV determination device receives a new measurement, it adds it to the last processed sequence and implements the method for the sequence. modified. If the maximum distance Dmax increases following the addition of the new measurement, the device SRV compares the new value of the maximum distance Dmax with the threshold S and optionally divides the modified sequence into two sub-sequences.
- FIG. 6 shows a functional architecture, according to one embodiment of the invention, of a device for determining the geographical positions of a TRAC geographic location plotter, such as the SRV server described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
- the TRAC plotter can be co-located with an object, for example incorporated therein to trace its GNSS location.
- the SRV device includes:
- an OBT module for obtaining a sequence, configured to obtain a sequence SQ of measurements Mj of geographical location of the tracer.
- sequence SQ is ordered according to a measurement instant
- PROC processing module configured for:
- indexed measure For a measure Mj of the sequence SQ, called an indexed measure, create (E018) a partition of all the measures into two ordered sets El and E2, the indexed measure Mj being either the last measure of the first set El, or the first measure of the second set E2;
- a COMP comparison module configured to determine (E030) the maximum distance Dmax among the distances calculated for all the indexed measurements Mj of the sequence SQ; the processing module PROC determines (E060) that the statistical data Med1 of the first set El of the indexed measurement associated with the maximum distance Dmax corresponds to a first position of said tracer and the statistical data Med2 of the second set E2 of the indexed measurement associated with the maximum distance corresponds to a second position of the TRAC plotter.
- the comparison module COMP is further configured to compare (E032) the maximum distance Dmax to the threshold S; the SRV server further comprises a division module DIV configured for, if the maximum distance Dmax is greater than or equal to said threshold S,
- each of the sub-sequences SQA and SQB to the obtaining module OBT for a new iteration (E010 to E040) of implementation of the determination method.
- the obtaining module OBT obtains each of the subsequences SQA and SQB as a sequence.
- the statistical data of the sub-sequences obtained (E060) at the end of the last iteration correspond to the starting and ending positions of the tracer following its movement.
- the SRV device further comprises a display module configured to represent (E050) on a map the Med statistical data of the SQA and SQB subsequences.
- the SRV device has the architecture of a computer, as illustrated in FIG. 7. It comprises in particular a processor 7, a random access memory 8, a read only memory 9, a non-volatile flash memory 10 in a particular embodiment of the invention, as well as communication means 11. Such means are known per se and are not described in more detail here.
- the read only memory 9 of the SRV device constitutes a recording medium in accordance with the invention, readable by the processor 7 and on which is recorded a computer program Prog as proposed.
- the memory 10 of the SRV server makes it possible to record variables used for the execution of the steps of the method for determining the positions of a sensor, such as the data illustrated in FIG. 3: the SQ sequences and sub-sequences SQA, SQB, the measurements Mj, their setting times tj, their reliability coefficients Qj, the sets El and E2 for each measurement Mj, the statistical data Medl, Med2, the quality coefficients CQ associated with the statistical data Med, the distances Dj, Dmax and the threshold S.
- the SQ sequences and sub-sequences SQA, SQB the measurements Mj, their setting times tj, their reliability coefficients Qj, the sets El and E2 for each measurement Mj, the statistical data Medl, Med2, the quality coefficients CQ associated with the statistical data Med, the distances Dj, Dmax and the threshold S.
- the computer program Prog defines functional and software modules, configured to determine geographic positions and possibly a displacement of a plotter whose location is traced by a TRAC plotter. These functional modules are based on and / or control the hardware elements 7-11 of the SRV device mentioned above.
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