Sensor Fusion applied on Position Estimation and Gait Identification of an Ankle-Foot Orthosis

2011 ISSNIP Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference: Biosignals and Robotics for Better and Safer Living, BRC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 104-109

  Caltran, Cleiton ^a   Siqueira, Adriano A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

active orthosis; gait identification; Kalman filter; Position estimation; sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE POSITION; ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS; FORCE SENSITIVE RESISTORS; GAIT IDENTIFICATION; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; ORTHOSIS; POSITION ESTIMATION; SENSOR FUSION; SWITCHING LOGIC;

ACCELEROMETERS; ACTIVE FILTERS; ESTIMATION; GYROSCOPES; KALMAN FILTERS; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

EID: 79955979428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BRC.2011.5740664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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