Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems: An Edition of the Selected Papers from the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems 2008

Front Matter....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Performance Analysis of GPS/INS Integrated System by Using a Non-Linear Mathematical Model....Pages 3-14
Object-Level Fusion and Confidence Management in a Multi-Sensor Pedestrian Tracking System....Pages 15-31
Effective Lip Localization and Tracking for Achieving Multimodal Speech Recognition....Pages 33-43
Optimal View Selection and Event Retrieval in Multi-Camera Office Environment....Pages 45-53
Fusion of Multichannel Biosignals Towards Automatic Emotion Recognition....Pages 55-68
A Comparison of Track-to-Track Fusion Algorithms for Automotive Sensor Fusion....Pages 69-81
Effective and Efficient Communication of Information....Pages 83-95
Most Probable Data Association with Distance and Amplitude Information for Target Tracking in Clutter....Pages 97-109
Simultaneous Multi-Information Fusion and Parameter Estimation for Robust 3-D Indoor Positioning Systems....Pages 111-125
Efficient Multi-Target Tracking with Sub-Event IMM-JPDA and One-Point Prime Initialization....Pages 127-142
Enabling Navigation of MAVs through Inertial, Vision, and Air Pressure Sensor Fusion....Pages 143-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-161
Enhancement of Image Degraded by Fog Using Cost Function Based on Human Visual Model....Pages 163-171
Pedestrian Route Guidance by Projecting Moving Images....Pages 173-186
Recognizing Human Activities from Accelerometer and Physiological Sensors....Pages 187-199
The “Fast Clustering-Tracking” Algorithm in the Bayesian Occupancy Filter Framewok....Pages 201-219
Compliant Physical Interaction Based on External Vision-Force Control and Tactile-Force Combination....Pages 221-233
iTASC: A Tool for Multi-Sensor Integration in Robot Manipulation....Pages 235-254
Behavioral Programming with Hierarchy and Parallelism in the DARPA Urban Challenge and RoboCup....Pages 255-269
Simultaneous Estimation of Road Region and Ego-Motion with Multiple Road Models....Pages 271-288
Model-Based Recognition of 3D Objects using Intersecting Lines....Pages 289-300
Front Matter....Pages 159-161
Visual SLAM in Indoor Environments Using Autonomous Detection and Registration of Objects....Pages 301-314
People Detection using Double Layered Multiple Laser Range Finders by a Companion Robot....Pages 315-331
Front Matter....Pages 333-334
Path-selection Control of a Power Line Inspection Robot Using Sensor Fusion....Pages 335-348
Intelligent Glasses: A Multimodal Interface for Data Communication to the Visually Impaired....Pages 349-357
Fourier Density Approximation for Belief Propagation in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 359-373
Passive Localization Methods Exploiting Models of Distributed Natural Phenomena....Pages 375-392
Study on Spectral Transmission Characteristics of the Reflected and Self-emitted Radiations through the Atmosphere....Pages 393-406
3D Reflectivity Reconstruction by Means of Spatially Distributed Kalman Filters....Pages 407-421
T-SLAM: Registering Topological and Geometric Maps for Robot Localization....Pages 423-438
Map Fusion Based on a Multi-Map SLAM Framework....Pages 439-454
Development of a Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Operable by the Visually Impaired....Pages 455-467
Process Diagnosis and Monitoring of Field Bus based Automation Systems using Self-Organizing Maps and Watershed Transformations....Pages 469-479