Experimental study on the estimation of lever arm in GPS/INS

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 431-448

  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); Inertial measurement unit (IMU); Inertial navigation; Inertial navigation system (INS); Lever arm; Observability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU); LEVER ARM;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645224278     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2005.863411     Document Type: Article

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