Title
Practical Approach In Estimating Inertial Navigation Unit'S Errors
Abstract
Inertial navigation unit (INU), which is commonly composed of three orthogonally aligned accelerometers and gyros, is well known for its short term measurement accuracy in position, velocity and attitude. However, such measurement accuracy degrades with time due to various types of errors. In this paper, a practical approach is proposed to estimate both the deterministic and random errors of an INU. The deterministic errors, which include bias and scaling errors, can be estimated through a simple experimental setup; while the random noise is modeled using Allan Variance (AV) analysis method. The empirical values of the errors are then fed into the INU's system model for error correction using Kalman filtering. Finally, the calibrated INU shows promising results in preserving long term accuracy of the motion sensor.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1587/elex.9.772
IEICE ELECTRONICS EXPRESS
Keywords
Field
DocType
inertial navigation unit, calibration, Allan Variance (AV)
Inertial navigation system,Allan variance,Computer science,Simulation,Accelerometer,Algorithm,Error detection and correction,Kalman filter,Electronic engineering,Accuracy and precision,Scaling,Calibration
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
8
1349-2543
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.51
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lim Chot Hun163.11
Wei Qiang Tan230.51
Tien Sze Lim363.11
Voon Chet Koo4185.18