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Automation of logistics activities

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Course Unit Code352-0558/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
FOJ74Ing. David Fojtík, Ph.D.
Summary
The course practically acquaints students with the basic means and methods of monitoring objects with a focus on logistics in transport. Students will gradually get acquainted with GNSS-based systems, Inertial Navigation System, RFID, optical reading of bar code and QR codes, object image processing, RADAR and LIDAR.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students practically with the basic means and methods of monitoring objects with a focus on logistics in transport. The students will gradually get acquainted with GNSS-based systems, Inertial Navigation System, RFID, optical reading of bar code and QR codes, object image processing, RADAR and LIDAR.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to the subject, means of automating logistics activities
2. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS: GPS, Galileo, Glonas), principles, limitations, receivers.
3. GNSS RTK – Issues of positioning accuracy and reliability, means and methods of positioning refinement.
4. Inertial navigation systems. Principles, strengths and disadvantages of inertial positioning systems.
5. Wireless location transmissions to monitoring systems and their protection and security.
6. Radio-frequency object identification (RFID), physical principle, technology strengths and disadvantages, means (readers, antennas, tags).
7. Optical methods to identify designated objects, bar and QR codes, strengths and disadvantages.
8. Processing Object Images, Advantages and Disadvantages, Introduction to Methods and Ways of Computer Image Processing
9. The means and conditions for recording an image, the types of cameras, chips, lenses. The effect of light conditions.
10. Tracking objects and surroundings with radar and lidar. Physical principles, strengths and disadvantages.
11. Introduction to the monitoring systems databases. SQL servers and relational databases.
12. Exchange of information in networks. XML language and DOM, XSL and XQUERY technologies.
13. Introduction to graph theory, search algorithms for the shortest route.
14. Granting credits.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KAPLAN, Elliott D. a C. HEGARTY, ed., [2017].Understanding GPS/GNSS: principles and applications. Third edition. Boston: Artech House. GNSS technology and applications series. ISBN 978-1-63081-058-0.

LAGANIÈRE, Robert., 2011.OpenCV 2 computer vision application programming cookbook. Birmingham, U.K: Packt Open Source Pub. ISBN 1849513252.

LEHPAMER, Hrvoj, c2012. RFID design principles. 2nd ed. Boston: Artech House. ISBN 978-1-60807-470-9.
RAPANT, Petr, 2003. Družicové navigační a polohové systémy: průvodce studiem. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita, Regionální centrum celoživotního vzdělávání. ISBN 80-248-0417-4.

HOTAŘ, Vlastimil, 2015. Úvod do problematiky strojového vidění. V Liberci: Technická univerzita. ISBN 978-80-7494-202-0.

LEHPAMER, Hrvoj, c2012. RFID design principles. 2nd ed. Boston: Artech House. ISBN 978-1-60807-470-9.
Recommended Reading:
IGOE, Tom, Don COLEMAN a Brian JEPSON. Beginning NFC: near field communication with Arduino, Android, and Phonegap. Beijing: O'Reilly, [2014]. ISBN 1449372066.
KAPLAN, Elliott D. a C. HEGARTY, ed., [2017].Understanding GPS/GNSS: principles and applications. Third edition. Boston: Artech House. GNSS technology and applications series. ISBN 978-1-63081-058-0.

HÁJOVSKÝ, Radovan, Radka PUSTKOVÁ a František KUTÁLEK, 2012. Zpracování obrazu v měřící a řídící technice: učební text : studijní materiály pro studijní obor Měřicí a řídicí technika, Elektronika Fakulty elektrotechniky a informatiky. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita. ISBN 978-80-248-2596-0.

LAGANIÈRE, Robert., 2011. OpenCV 2 computer vision application programming cookbook. Birmingham, U.K: Packt Open Source Pub. ISBN 1849513252.

IGOE, Tom, Don COLEMAN a Brian JEPSON. Beginning NFC: near field communication with Arduino, Android, and Phonegap. Beijing: O'Reilly, [2014]. ISBN 1449372066.
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Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
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