Back to articles
Articles
Volume: 32 | Article ID: art00002
Image
Passive Infrared Markers for Indoor Robotic Positioning and Navigation
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.6.IRIACV-013  Published OnlineJanuary 2020
Abstract

By using a new materials system, we developed invisible passive infrared markers that can take on various visual foreground patterns and colors, including white. The material can be coated over many different surfaces such as paper, plastic, wood, metal, and others. Dual-purpose signs are demonstrated where the visual foreground is for human view while the infrared background is for machine view. By hiding digital information in the infrared spectral range, we can enable fiducial markers to enter public spaces without introducing any intrusive visual features for humans. These fiducial markers are robust and easy to detect using off-the-shelf near infrared cameras to assist robot positioning and object identification. This can reduce the barrier for low-cost robots, that are currently deployed in warehouses and factories, to enter offices, stores, and other public spaces and to work alongside with people.

Subject Areas :
Views 206
Downloads 36
 articleview.views 206
 articleview.downloads 36
  Cite this article 

Jian Chen, "Passive Infrared Markers for Indoor Robotic Positioning and Navigationin Proc. IS&T Int’l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision,  2020,  pp 13-1 - 13-6,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.6.IRIACV-013

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2020
72010604
Electronic Imaging
2470-1173
Society for Imaging Science and Technology
7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151 USA