Alireza Ansaripour

Alireza Ansaripour

Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 January 2023 in Applied Sciences
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AAAlireza Ansaripour
Alireza Ansaripour
MHMilad Heydariaan
Milad Heydariaan
KKKyungki Kim
Kyungki Kim
OGOmprakash Gnawali
Omprakash Gnawali
HOHafiz Oyediran
Hafiz Oyediran
Pose estimation of heavy construction equipment is the key technology for real-time safety monitoring in road construction sites where heavy equipment and workers on foot collaborate in proximity. Ultra-wideband (UWB) radios hold great promise among various sensing technologies for providing accurate object localization in indoor and outdoor environments. However, in a road construction environment with heavy vehicles and equipment, the performance of UWB radios drastically declines because of blockages in the transmission signal between the transmitter and receiver causing Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) situations. To address this deficiency, our study presents a real-time pose estimating system called ViPER+ that can overcome NLOS situations and accurately determine the boundary of heavy construction equipment with multiple UWB tags attached to the surface of the equipment. To remove the impact of NLOS signals, we introduced an input correction method prior to localization to correct the input of the localization algorithm. Evaluation of ViPER+ in a real construction environment indicates that embedding NLOS detection technique in UWB-based pose estimation resulted in 40% improvements in location accuracy and 25% improvement in update rate compared to its previous implementation (ViPER).

21 January 2024 in Ad Hoc Networks
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AAAlireza Ansaripour
Alireza Ansaripour
MHMilad Heydariaan
Milad Heydariaan
OGOmprakash Gnawali
Omprakash Gnawali