Inertial sensor based indoor localization and monitoring system for emergency responders

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 838-848

  Zhang, Rui ^a   Höflinger, Fabian ^a   Reindl, Leonhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indoor localization; inertial measurement unit (IMU); Kalam filter; magnetic field disturbances; orientation; sensor data fusion; zero velocity update (ZUPT)

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RATE; BODY MOVEMENTS; BODY SEGMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL SENSOR; KALAM FILTER; KALMAN-FILTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; MONITORING SYSTEM; POSITION INFORMATION; RELATIVE POSITIONS; TRANSFORMATION OF COORDINATES; ZERO VELOCITY;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

MONITORING;

EID: 84873147341     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2227593     Document Type: Article

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