Using inertial sensors in smartphones for curriculum experiments of inertial navigation technology

Education Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-46

  Niu, Xiaoji ^a   Wang, Qingjiang ^a   Li, You ^a,b   Li, Qingli ^a   Liu, Jingnan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curriculum experiments; Inertial navigation; MEMS inertial sensors; Smart phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939213557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22277102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/educsci5010026     Document Type: Article

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