The invention provides a UWB
positioning system-based three-dimensional positioning method and
system for a lifting hook of a
gantry crane, and belongs to the field of indoor and outdoor accurate positioning. The three-dimensional positioning method comprises the following steps: additionally arranging a movable
base station which has a two-dimensional
positioning system and a positioned function and a one-dimensional
distance measurement function right above a lifting hook of the air crane, wherein the height of the movable
base station is fixed relative to the ground; through a positioned function, realizing the two-dimensional positioning on a horizontal plane with a fixed
base station based on a UWB two-dimensional
positioning system, and acquiring the coordinates of the movable base
station in the horizontal plane in real time; measuring the
vertical distance between the lifting hook
label and the lifting hook
label in real time through a one-dimensional
distance measurement function, and calculating Z-axis real-time coordinates of the lifting hook; and finally, outputting the accurate three-dimensional real-time positioning coordinates of the lifting hook. By additionally arranging the movable base
station, the problems that the base
station arrangement number of an existing three-dimensional positioning
system is large, the communication network and
engineering implementation difficulty is large, and the positioning error of multi-layer cargo stacking is large are solved, the three-dimensional positioning precision of the air crane is improved, and the construction and operation and maintenance cost is reduced.