A triaxial accelerometer calibration method using a mathematical model

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2144-2153

  Won, Seong Hoon Peter ^a   Golnaraghi, Farid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration measurement; calibration; gravity measurement; iterative method; parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION METHOD; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; ERROR SOURCES; EXTREME CASE; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; GAIN FACTORS; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; GRAVITY VECTORS; INITIAL GUESS; ITERATION STEP; SIMULATION RESULT; TILT ANGLE; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ACCELEROMETERS; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 77954621045     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2031849     Document Type: Article

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