Emerging New Trends in Hybrid Vehicle Localization Systems

Over the last decade, vehicle localization has been attracting attention in a wide range of applications. A number of localization techniques have been developed to serve a variety of applications Al-Bayari & Sadoun (2005); Aono et al. (1998); Bouju et al. (2002); Cramer (1997); Dao et al. (2002); Drawil & Basir (2010); Jabbour, Cherfaoui & Bonnifait (2006); Lai & Tsai (2003); Nishimura et al. (1996); Sliety (2007); Stockus et al. (2000). In recent years, the focus has been on localization accuracy improvement – an issue considered crucial, specially in mission critical applications. For instance, for emergency response systems, such as the eCall system, to deliver on their task they need reliable and accurate localization capabilities. These capabilities are becoming as important in other applications, including, accident avoidance and management, navigation systems, location sensitive billing systems, location based services.