IWR6843AOP: Issues with IWR6843AOP for 3D People Tracking at Low Heights and Gesture Range Extension

Part Number: IWR6843AOP

Hello TI Team,

We recently evaluated the IWR6843AOP for 3D people tracking in our internal scenario. Here are our findings and questions:

  1. People Tracking Accuracy at Low Heights

    • When the sensor is mounted at a height above 1.8 m, the tracking accuracy seems acceptable.
    • However, when mounted at 1 m or lower (similar to our target product design), we observed significant accuracy degradation and a lot of noisy/garbage points.
    • This makes it challenging to apply the current configuration to our real product.
  2. Gesture Recognition Range

    • The gesture example provided works only within 0.05 m to 0.3 m.
    • Our use case requires gesture detection at a distance of 3–5 m.
    • Is there any way to extend the detection range for gestures?
  3. Configuration and Accuracy Improvement

    • For further evaluation, we need to use the sensor in a typical home environment, mounted at around 1 m height, facing forward.
    • Are there recommended configuration changes (e.g., chirp settings, profile tuning) or data processing adjustments to improve accuracy in this scenario?
    • Any guidance or reference materials for optimizing performance at low mounting heights would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support.
Best Regards, 
Jack Cha

  • Hi Jack, 

    For optimizing performance based on the height and orientation of the sensor, you should ensure the sensorPosition command is set up correctly in the configuration file.

    In the example people tracking configuration file (AOP_6m_default.cfg), the sensor position command is:

    sensorPosition 2 0 15
    This means the code expects that the sensor is mounted at 2m height with a forward tilt of 15 degrees. If you wanted to test the performance at 1m height with no forward tilt you can change the sensorPosition command to sensorPosition 1 0 0.
    Best regards,
    Josh