Autonomous calibration of MEMS gyros in consumer portable devices

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4062-4072

  Li, You ^a,b   Georgy, Jacques ^c   Niu, Xiaoji ^b   Li, Qingli ^b   El Sheimy, Naser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Invensense Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

IMU; Indoor navigation; MEMS sensors; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

GYROSCOPES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SMARTPHONES;

AUTONOMOUS CALIBRATIONS; IMU; IN-DOOR NAVIGATIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; MEMS SENSORS; PSEUDO-OBSERVATIONS; REAL-TIME CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84930503799     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2410756     Document Type: Article

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