Development of a low-cost attitude sensor for agricultural vehicles

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-204

  Mizushima, Akira ^a   Ishii, Kazunobu ^b   Noguchi, Noboru ^b   Matsuo, Yousuke ^c   Lu, Renfu ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARO Bio oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude sensor; GPS; Inclination sensor; Least Squares method; Precision farming; Vibratory gyroscope

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE SENSORS; GPS; INCLINATION SENSOR; LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; PRECISION FARMING; VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GYROSCOPES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

SENSORS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; SLOPE; VEHICLE COMPONENT;

EID: 79955979033     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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