Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports

Ultra-Wide Band radio positioning systems are maturing very quickly and now represent a good candidate for indoor positioning. The aim of this study was to undertake a quality assessment on the use of a commercial Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for the tracking of athletes during indoor wheelcha...

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Main Authors: Perrat, Bertrand, Smith, Martin J., Mason, Barry S., Rhodes, James M., Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria L.
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Published: SAGE 2015
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author Perrat, Bertrand
Smith, Martin J.
Mason, Barry S.
Rhodes, James M.
Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria L.
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Smith, Martin J.
Mason, Barry S.
Rhodes, James M.
Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria L.
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description Ultra-Wide Band radio positioning systems are maturing very quickly and now represent a good candidate for indoor positioning. The aim of this study was to undertake a quality assessment on the use of a commercial Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for the tracking of athletes during indoor wheelchair court sports. Several aspects have been investigated including system set-up, calibration, sensor positioning, determination of sport performance indicators and quality assessment of the output. With a simple set-up procedure, it has been demonstrated that athletes tracking can be achieved with an average horizontal positioning error of 0.37 m (s = 6 0.24 m). The distance covered can be computed after data processing with an error below 0.5% of the course length. It has also been demonstrated that the tag update rate and the number of wheelchairs on the court do not affect significantly the positioning quality; however, for highly dynamic movement tracking, higher rates are recommended for a finer dynamic recording.
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spelling nottingham-350282017-10-13T04:10:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35028/ Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports Perrat, Bertrand Smith, Martin J. Mason, Barry S. Rhodes, James M. Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria L. Ultra-Wide Band radio positioning systems are maturing very quickly and now represent a good candidate for indoor positioning. The aim of this study was to undertake a quality assessment on the use of a commercial Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for the tracking of athletes during indoor wheelchair court sports. Several aspects have been investigated including system set-up, calibration, sensor positioning, determination of sport performance indicators and quality assessment of the output. With a simple set-up procedure, it has been demonstrated that athletes tracking can be achieved with an average horizontal positioning error of 0.37 m (s = 6 0.24 m). The distance covered can be computed after data processing with an error below 0.5% of the course length. It has also been demonstrated that the tag update rate and the number of wheelchairs on the court do not affect significantly the positioning quality; however, for highly dynamic movement tracking, higher rates are recommended for a finer dynamic recording. SAGE 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35028/1/Betrand2015JSET.pdf Perrat, Bertrand, Smith, Martin J., Mason, Barry S., Rhodes, James M. and Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria L. (2015) Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 229 (2). pp. 81-91. ISSN 1754-338X Player tracking; ultra-wide band; training; coaching; error analysis http://pip.sagepub.com/content/229/2/81 doi:10.1177/1754337115581111 doi:10.1177/1754337115581111
spellingShingle Player tracking; ultra-wide band; training; coaching; error analysis
Perrat, Bertrand
Smith, Martin J.
Mason, Barry S.
Rhodes, James M.
Goosey-Tolfrey, Victoria L.
Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
title Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
title_full Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
title_fullStr Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
title_full_unstemmed Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
title_short Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
title_sort quality assessment of an ultra-wide band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports
topic Player tracking; ultra-wide band; training; coaching; error analysis
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35028/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35028/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35028/