Accurate Moving Object Tracking Technique Based on Sparse Signal Representation and Its Application to Sports Analysis

• Project/Area Number: 16K06381
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Measurement engineering
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: ICHIGE Koichi 横浜国立大学, 大学院工学研究院, 教授 (10313470)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: トラッキング / スパース信号表現 / カルマンフィルタ / アレー信号処理 / 位置推定 / 拡張アレー処理 / アレーアンテナ / 到来方向推定 / 計測工学 / 情報通信工学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We described our development of a radio-based moving object tracking system using non-uniform pulse transmission and phase difference compensation. We showed how we averaged the observed neighboring TDOA values and in so doing were able to improve the tracking accuracy over that of a conventional method.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来，多数のビデオカメラによる画像解析により行われているトラッキングを，簡易な無線通信システムで代替することで，日常的に利用できる安価なシステムとして構築した．さらに，トラッキングアルゴリズムの高精度化を図ったことで，スポーツ競技への応用が可能な分析精度を実現しており，今後の戦略分析などへの応用が期待できる．

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Phase-Difference Compensation and Nonuniform Pulse Transmission for Accurate Real-Time Moving Object Tracking (2019)
  • Author(s): ICHIGE Koichi、ARAKAWA Nobuya、SAITO Ryo、SHIBATA Osamu
  • Journal Title: IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Volume: E102.A Issue: 1 Pages: 211-218
  • DOI: 10.1587/transfun.E102.A.211
  • NAID: 130007541795
  • ISSN: 0916-8508, 1745-1337
  • Year and Date: 2019-01-01
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Extended Beamforming by Sum and Difference Composite Co-Array for Real-Valued Signals (2019)
  • Author(s): S. Iwazaki, K. Ichige
  • Journal Title: IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Volume: E102-A
  • NAID: 130007670861
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Novel Mutual Coupling Compensation Method for Underdetermined Direction of Arrival Estimation in Nested Sparse Circular Arrays (2018)
  • Author(s): T. Basikolo, K. Ichige, H. Arai
  • Journal Title: IEEE Trans. Antenna & Propagat. Volume: 66 Pages: 909-917
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Extension of Nested Array for Large Aperture and High Degree of Freedom (2017)
  • Author(s): Y. Iizuka, K. Ichige
  • Journal Title: IEICE Commun. Express Volume: 6 Pages: 381-386
  • NAID: 130006907589
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Optimum 2D Sparse Array and its Interpolation via Nuclear Norm Minimization (2019)
  • Author(s): S. Nakamura
  • Organizer: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Super Nested Sparse Circular Array for High Resolution DOA Estimation (2019)
  • Author(s): S. Wandale
  • Organizer: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effect of Signal Correlation in FMCW-MIMO Radar with Augmented Array (2018)
  • Author(s): R. Saito
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Optimum 2D Sparse Array Configuration with Reduced Mutual Coupling (2018)
  • Author(s): S. Nakamura
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Underdetermined Direction of Arrival Estimation by Sum and Difference Composite Co-Array (2018)
  • Author(s): S. Iwazaki
  • Organizer: IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Efficient Direction-Of-Arrival Estimation Method Based on Weighted Sparse Spectrum Fitting (2017)
  • Author(s): K. Ichige
  • Organizer: Signal Processing with Adaptive Sparse Structured Representations Workshop
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Underdetermined DOA Estimation in the Presence of Mutual Coupling for Sparse Circular Array (2017)
  • Author(s): T. Basikolo, K. Ichige, H. Arai
  • Organizer: IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Accurate RSSI-Based Indoor Localization Using Time-Domain Path Loss Compensation (2017)
  • Author(s): R. Saito, K. Ichige, T. Ishihara, A. Nakazawa
  • Organizer: International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Multi-sensor Indoor Target Localization Based on Multipath Exploitation (2017)
  • Author(s): N. Arakawa, K. Ichige
  • Organizer: International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Accurate Radio-Based Moving Object Tracking and Its Application to Sports Analysis (2016)
  • Author(s): K. Ichige, N. Arakawa, O. Shibata
  • Organizer: International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering
  • Place of Presentation: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Kalman-based Moving Object Tracking UsingNonuniform Pulse Transmission Scheme (2016)
  • Author(s): N. Arakawa, K. Ichige, O. Shibata
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
  • Place of Presentation: Okinawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 複数の受信アンテナおよびマルチパス波を利用した屋内位置推定手法 (2016)
  • Author(s): 荒川暢哉, 市毛弘一
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会ソサイエティ大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-20