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The growing development of smart objects offers new opportunities for locating the connected traveler. However, tracking the pedestrian's trajectory remains problematic and navigation applications do not propose to track the traveller's trajectory on a multimodal scale autonomously. This work focuses on the implementation of a single solution capable of locating the user according to different travel modes and whatever the environment, using inertial,magnetic and GNSS sensors. In a first step, a new method for locating the cyclist is implemented. GNSS phase measurements are used to correct the velocity vector by time differences and themovement direction is constrained using inertial signals. These elements were used in a second time and adapted to implement a new method of pedestrian localization with a handheld sensor. The PDR approach which is an inertial navigation technique using dead reckoning is parameterized in an extended Kalman filter. An innovative update merging the device attitude estimation and a statistical estimation of the walking direction allows to correct the walking direction prediction and to obtain a consistent and smoothed estimate. GNSS measurements are used to correct the velocity vector, orientation, step length and absolute position. Finally, a multimodal approach is proposed and the management of transitions between the different algorithms, assisted by the use of an innovative sensor, is studied. Multimodal experiments in real conditions are conducted to analyze the performance of the proposed solution.; Le développement croissant d'objets intelligents offre de nouvelles opportunités de localisation du voyageur connecté. Cependant, le suivi de la trajectoire du piéton reste problématique et les applications de navigation ne proposent pas de suivre la trajectoire du voyageur à l'échelle multimodale de façon autonome. Ce travail s'intéresse à la mise en place d'une solution unique capable de localiser l'utilisateur selon différents modes de déplacement et quel que soit l'environnement, à partir de capteurs inertiels, magnétiques et GNSS. Dans un premier temps, une nouvelle méthode de localisation du cycliste est mise en place. Les mesures de phases GNSS sont utilisées pour corriger le vecteur vitesse par différences temporelles et la direction de déplacement est contrainte à l'aide des signaux inertiels. Ces éléments ont été utilisés dans un second temps et adaptés pour mettre en place une nouvelle méthode de localisation du piéton avec un capteur en main. L'approche PDR qui est une technique de navigation inertielle à l'estime est paramétrée dans un filtre de Kalman étendu. Une mise à jour innovante fusionnant l'estimation de l'attitude du boîtier et une estimation statistique de la direction de marche permet de corriger l'estimation du cap de marche et d'obtenir une estimation cohérente et lissée. Les mesures GNSS sont utilisées pour corriger le vecteur vitesse, l'orientation, la longueur de pas et la position absolue. Enfin, une approche multimodale est proposée et la gestion des transitions entre les différents algorithmes, assistée par l'utilisation d'un capteur innovant, est étudiée. Des validations expérimentales multimodales en conditions réelles sont conduites pour analyser les performances d'estimation de la solution proposée.

The growing development of smart objects offers new opportunities for locating the connected traveler. However, tracking the pedestrian's trajectory remains problematic and navigation applications do not propose to track the traveller's trajectory on a multimodal scale autonomously. This work focuses on the implementation of a single solution capable of locating the user according to different travel modes and whatever the environment, using inertial,magnetic and GNSS sensors. In a first step, a new method for locating the cyclist is implemented. GNSS phase measurements are used to correct the velocity vector by time differences and themovement direction is constrained using inertial signals. These elements were used in a second time and adapted to implement a new method of pedestrian localization with a handheld sensor. The PDR approach which is an inertial navigation technique using dead reckoning is parameterized in an extended Kalman filter. An innovative update merging the device attitude estimation and a statistical estimation of the walking direction allows to correct the walking direction prediction and to obtain a consistent and smoothed estimate. GNSS measurements are used to correct the velocity vector, orientation, step length and absolute position. Finally, a multimodal approach is proposed and the management of transitions between the different algorithms, assisted by the use of an innovative sensor, is studied. Multimodal experiments in real conditions are conducted to analyze the performance of the proposed solution., Le développement croissant d'objets intelligents offre de nouvelles opportunités de localisation du voyageur connecté. Cependant, le suivi de la trajectoire du piéton reste problématique et les applications de navigation ne proposent pas de suivre la trajectoire du voyageur à l'échelle multimodale de façon autonome. Ce travail s'intéresse à la mise en place d'une solution unique capable de localiser l'utilisateur selon différents modes de déplacement et quel que soit l'environnement, à partir de capteurs inertiels, magnétiques et GNSS. Dans un premier temps, une nouvelle méthode de localisation du cycliste est mise en place. Les mesures de phases GNSS sont utilisées pour corriger le vecteur vitesse par différences temporelles et la direction de déplacement est contrainte à l'aide des signaux inertiels. Ces éléments ont été utilisés dans un second temps et adaptés pour mettre en place une nouvelle méthode de localisation du piéton avec un capteur en main. L'approche PDR qui est une technique de navigation inertielle à l'estime est paramétrée dans un filtre de Kalman étendu. Une mise à jour innovante fusionnant l'estimation de l'attitude du boîtier et une estimation statistique de la direction de marche permet de corriger l'estimation du cap de marche et d'obtenir une estimation cohérente et lissée. Les mesures GNSS sont utilisées pour corriger le vecteur vitesse, l'orientation, la longueur de pas et la position absolue. Enfin, une approche multimodale est proposée et la gestion des transitions entre les différents algorithmes, assistée par l'utilisation d'un capteur innovant, est étudiée. Des validations expérimentales multimodales en conditions réelles sont conduites pour analyser les performances d'estimation de la solution proposée.

IPIN 2019 Competition, sixth in a series of IPIN competitions, was held at the CNR Research Area of Pisa (IT), integrated into the program of the IPIN 2019 Conference. It included two on-site real-time Tracks and three off-site Tracks. The four Tracks presented in this paper were set in the same environment, made of two buildings close together for a total usable area of 1000 m2 outdoors and and 6000 m2 indoors over three floors, with a total path length exceeding 500 m. IPIN competitions, based on the EvAAL framework, have aimed at comparing the accuracy performance of personal positioning systems in fair and realistic conditions: past editions of the competition were carried in big conference settings, university campuses and a shopping mall. Positioning accuracy is computed while the person carrying the system under test walks at normal walking speed, uses lifts and goes up and down stairs or briefly stops at given points. Results presented here are a showcase of state-of-the-art systems tested side by side in real-world settings as part of the on-site real-time competition Tracks. Results for off-site Tracks allow a detailed and reproducible comparison of the most recent positioning and tracking algorithms in the same environment as the on-site Tracks., The authors would like to thank Siemens, the Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Ganko Food, J-Power Systems, and the other sponsors who provided prizes for the winners of the competition (see http://ipin-conference.org/2019/awards.html for a complete list).

The Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN) conference holds an annual competition in which indoor localization systems from different research groups worldwide are evaluated empirically. The objective of this competition is to establish a systematic evaluation methodology with rigorous metrics both for real-time (on-site) and post-processing (off-site) situations, in a realistic environment unfamiliar to the prototype developers. For the IPIN 2018 conference, this competition was held on September 22nd, 2018, in Atlantis, a large shopping mall in Nantes (France). Four competition tracks (two on-site and two off-site) were designed. They consisted of several 1 km routes traversing several floors of the mall. Along these paths, 180 points were topographically surveyed with a 10 cm accuracy, to serve as ground truth landmarks, combining theodolite measurements, differential global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and 3D scanner systems. 34 teams effectively competed. The accuracy score corresponds to the third quartile (75 th percentile) of an error metric that combines the horizontal positioning error and the floor detection. The best results for the on-site tracks showed an accuracy score of 11.70 m (Track 1) and 5.50 m (Track 2), while the best results for the off-site tracks showed an accuracy score of 0.90 m (Track 3) and 1.30 m (Track 4). These results showed that it is possible to obtain high accuracy indoor positioning solutions in large, realistic environments using wearable light-weight sensors without deploying any beacon. This paper describes the organization work of the tracks, analyzes the methodology used to quantify the results, reviews the lessons learned from the competition and discusses its future.

IPIN 2018, 9th International conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, Nantes, FRANCE, 24-/09/2018 - 27/09/2018; This package contains the datasets and supplementary materials used in the IPIN 2018 Competition (Nantes, France).

PIN 2019 Competition, sixth in a series of IPIN competitions, was held at the CNR Research Area of Pisa (IT), integrated into the program of the IPIN 2019 Conference. It included two on-site real-time Tracks and three off-site Tracks. The four Tracks presented in this paper were set in the same environment, made of two buildings close together for a total usable area of 1000 m 2 outdoors and and 6000 m 2 indoors over three floors, with a total path length exceeding 500 m. IPIN competitions, based on the EvAAL framework, have aimed at comparing the accuracy performance of personal positioning systems in fair and realistic conditions: past editions of the competition were carried in big conference settings, university campuses and a shopping mall. Positioning accuracy is computed while the person carrying the system under test walks at normal walking speed, uses lifts and goes up and down stairs or briefly stops at given points. Results presented here are a showcase of state-of-the-art systems tested side by side in real-world settings as part of the on-site real-time competition Tracks. Results for off-site Tracks allow a detailed and reproducible comparison of the most recent positioning and tracking algorithms in the same environment as the on-site Tracks.