Methods for in-field user calibration of an inertial measurement unit without external equipment

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Fong, W T ^a   Ong, S K ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Calibration; Error compensation and model fitting; Gyroscopes; Inertial

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; COST FUNCTIONS; ERROR COMPENSATION; ERRORS; GYROSCOPES; MEMS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATION STANDARD; CROSS-AXIS SENSITIVITY; ERROR COMPENSATION AND MODEL FITTING; INERTIAL; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INTEGRATION ALGORITHM; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 48849112207     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/8/085202     Document Type: Article

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