Trackframe

Scientific Director: Gudrun Klinker

Contact Person(s): Gudrun Klinker

In industrial collaboration with:
BMW, EADS, peyclon integration

Start:	2006/03/01
End:	2009/02/28

Keywords

Keywords: Sensing, System Architectures for Ubiquitous Augmented Reality, Ubiquitous Tracking

Abstract

Use of AR technology in wide-range industry plants requires a tracking framework which supports a fusion of various tracking technologies based on careful evaluations of tradeoffs between technical requirements and costs. It is the goal of the trackframe project to systematically develop the formal basis of a tracking framework. The concept is expected to consider algorithmic and data-related standards via which tracking systems can be dynamically merged. Furthermore, trackframe aims at providing concepts towards the analysis of quality criteria (such as error statistics for individual sensors) and towards supporting AR-engineers in planning improvements to their tracker configuration. Three demonstrators will exhibit trackframe concepts in industrial and academic setups.

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Publications

2011

D. Pustka, M. Huber, C. Waechter, F. Echtler, P. Keitler, J. Newman, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker
Automatic Configuration of Pervasive Sensor Networks for Augmented Reality
IEEE Pervasive Computing, Volume 10, Number 3, July-Sept. 2011, pp. 68-79. (bib)

P. Keitler
Management of Tracking and Tracking Accuracy in Industrial Augmented Reality Environments
Dissertation (PhD thesis), Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, April 2011 (online version) (bib)

2010

P. Keitler, D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker
Management of Tracking for Mixed and Augmented Reality Systems
The Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems, E. Dubois, P. Gray, L. Nigay (eds.), Human-Computer Interaction Series, Springer Verlag, 2010. (bib)

M. Huber, B. Becker, G. Klinker
Location aware computing using RFID infrastructure
Int. J. Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010, pp. 23 - 38 (bib)

2009

M. Huber, M. Schlegel, G. Klinker
Temporal Calibration in Multisensor Tracking Setups
8th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2009), Orlando, USA, October 2009, pp. 177-178 (bib)

2008

P. Keitler, M. Schlegel, G. Klinker
Indirect Tracking to Reduce Occlusion Problems
4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December 2008, pp. 224-235. (bib)

D. Pustka, G. Klinker
Dynamic Gyroscope Fusion in Ubiquitous Tracking Environments
The Seventh IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Cambridge, UK, Sep. 15 - 18, 2008, pp. 13-20. (bib)

B. Becker, M. Huber, G. Klinker
Utilizing RFIDs for Location Aware Computing
5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, UIC 2008, Oslo, Norway, June 23-25, 2008, pp. 216-228. (bib)

D. Pustka, M. Huber, G. Klinker
Integrating Gyroscopes into Ubiquitous Tracking Environments
IEEE Virtual Reality, Reno, Nevada, Mar. 8-12, 2008, pp. 283-284. (bib)

F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, G. Klinker
Splitting the Scene Graph - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality
3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP '08), Funchal, Portugal, Jan. 22 - 25, 2008, pp.456-459. (bib)

2007

M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, F. Echtler, G. Klinker
A System Architecture for Ubiquitous Tracking Environments
The Sixth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 13 - 16, 2007, pp. 211-214. (bib)

D. Pustka, P. Keitler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker
Ubiquitous Tracking for Quickly Solving Multi-Sensor Calibration and Tracking Problems
Demonstration at the Fourth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007 (bib)

D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, P. Keitler
UTQL: The Ubiquitous Tracking Query Language v1.0
Technical Report TUM-I0718, Oct. 11, 2007. (bib)

M. Bauer
Tracking Errors in Augmented Reality
Dissertation (PhD thesis), Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, September 2007 (online version) (bib)

J. Newman, A. Bornik, D. Pustka, F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker
Tracking for Distributed Mixed Reality Environments
IEEE VR 2007 Workshop on 'Trends and Issues in Tracking for Virtual Environments', Charlotte, NC, USA, Mar 11, 2007 (bib)

2006

D. Pustka, M. Huber, M. Bauer, G. Klinker
Spatial Relationship Patterns: Elements of Reusable Tracking and Calibration Systems
The Fifth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct. 22 - 25, 2006, pp. 88-97. (bib)

M. Bauer, M. Schlegel, D. Pustka, N. Navab, G. Klinker
Predicting and Estimating the Accuracy of n-occular Optical Tracking Systems
The Fifth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct. 22 - 25, 2006, pp. 43-51. (bib)

D. Pustka
Construction of Data Flow Networks for Tracking in Augmented Reality Applications
Dritter Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, Koblenz, 25.-26. September 2006 (bib)

Team

Contact Person(s)

Working Group

Location

Technische Universität München
Institut für Informatik / I16
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching bei München

Tel.: +49 89 289-17058
Fax: +49 89 289-17059

Please contact Gudrun Klinker for available student projects within this research project.