A sensor fusion method for tracking vertical velocity and height based on inertial and barometric altimeter measurements

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 13324-13347

  Sabatini, Angelo Maria ^a   Genovese, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barometric altimeters; Inertial sensors; Kalman filtering; Motion tracking; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL SENSOR; KALMAN-FILTERING; MOTION TRACKING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SENSOR FUSION; SHORT-TERM CORRELATION;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84904968491     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140813324     Document Type: Article

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