Detecting and tracking the position of multiple targets indoors is a challenging measurement problem due to the inherent difficulty to cluster correctly the sensor data associated to a given target and to track the position of each cluster with adequate accuracy. This problem is critical especially in rooms filled with fixed or moving objects hampering target detection and whenever the paths of different targets cross one another. In this paper, a robust Multiple Targets Tracking (MTT) algorithm exploiting the clouds of points collected from a mmWave-FMCW radar is presented. The proposed solution consists of four main steps. First, the possible outliers of a raw radar data set are removed using a neural network model. Next, the cleaned-up radar data are clustered using the Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) algorithm. Then, a Kalman Filter (KF) is used to track the position of the centroid of each cluster. Finally, a Structured Branching Multiple Hypothesis Testing (SBMHT) algorithm is applied and updated over reasonably short time intervals to decide which detected tracks are supposed to be confirmed and which ones instead should be discarded. The proposed MTT technique was validated experimentally using the data sets collected from a 60-GHz TI IWR6843 radar platform. The reported results show that the developed algorithm, if properly tuned, is faster and returns more accurate results than other MTT techniques. In particular, the percentage of detection errors is negligible and the planar positioning accuracy is within about 30 cm with 90% probability when up to five targets move freely within the same room.

A multi-target detection and position tracking algorithm based on mmWave-FMCW radar data / Shamsfakhr, Farhad; Macii, David; Palopoli, Luigi; Corra, Michele; Ferrari, Alessandro; Fontanelli, Daniele. - In: MEASUREMENT. - ISSN 0263-2241. - 234:(2024), pp. 11479701-11479711. [10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114797]

A multi-target detection and position tracking algorithm based on mmWave-FMCW radar data

Shamsfakhr, Farhad;Macii, David;Palopoli, Luigi;Corra, Michele;Fontanelli, Daniele
2024-01-01

Abstract

Detecting and tracking the position of multiple targets indoors is a challenging measurement problem due to the inherent difficulty to cluster correctly the sensor data associated to a given target and to track the position of each cluster with adequate accuracy. This problem is critical especially in rooms filled with fixed or moving objects hampering target detection and whenever the paths of different targets cross one another. In this paper, a robust Multiple Targets Tracking (MTT) algorithm exploiting the clouds of points collected from a mmWave-FMCW radar is presented. The proposed solution consists of four main steps. First, the possible outliers of a raw radar data set are removed using a neural network model. Next, the cleaned-up radar data are clustered using the Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) algorithm. Then, a Kalman Filter (KF) is used to track the position of the centroid of each cluster. Finally, a Structured Branching Multiple Hypothesis Testing (SBMHT) algorithm is applied and updated over reasonably short time intervals to decide which detected tracks are supposed to be confirmed and which ones instead should be discarded. The proposed MTT technique was validated experimentally using the data sets collected from a 60-GHz TI IWR6843 radar platform. The reported results show that the developed algorithm, if properly tuned, is faster and returns more accurate results than other MTT techniques. In particular, the percentage of detection errors is negligible and the planar positioning accuracy is within about 30 cm with 90% probability when up to five targets move freely within the same room.
2024
Shamsfakhr, Farhad; Macii, David; Palopoli, Luigi; Corra, Michele; Ferrari, Alessandro; Fontanelli, Daniele
A multi-target detection and position tracking algorithm based on mmWave-FMCW radar data / Shamsfakhr, Farhad; Macii, David; Palopoli, Luigi; Corra, Michele; Ferrari, Alessandro; Fontanelli, Daniele. - In: MEASUREMENT. - ISSN 0263-2241. - 234:(2024), pp. 11479701-11479711. [10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114797]
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