Magnetometer calibration for portable navigation devices in vehicles using a fast and autonomous technique

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2347-2352

  Wahdan, Ahmed ^a   Georgy, Jacques ^a   Abdelfatah, Walid F ^a   Noureldin, Aboelmagd ^b  

^a Invensense Inc   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic compass; magnetometer calibration; portable navigation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMPASS; MAGNETOMETER CALIBRATION; NAVIGATION DEVICES;

EID: 84907483250     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2014.2313764     Document Type: Article

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