Observability of error states in GPS/INS integration

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 731-742

  Hong, Sinpyo ^a   Lee, Man Hyung ^a   Chun, Ho Hwan ^a   Kwon, Sun Hong ^a,b   Speyer, Jason L ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System; GPS INS; Inertial measurement unit (IMU); Inertial navigation; Lever arm; Observability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ANTENNAS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OBSERVABILITY; POSITION MEASUREMENT; ROBOTIC ARMS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU); LEVER ARM; OBSERVABILITY ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 17644427688     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.841540     Document Type: Article

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