Inertial navigation system

About: Inertial navigation system is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 14582 publications have been published within this topic receiving 190618 citations. The topic is also known as: intertial guidance system & inertial reference platform.

Two-Filter Smoothing for Accurate INS/GPS Land-Vehicle Navigation in Urban Centers

Abstract: Currently, the concept of multisensor system integration is implemented in land-vehicle navigation (LVN) applications. The most common LVN multisensor configuration incorporates an integrated Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System (INS/GPS) system based on the Kalman filter (KF). For LVN, the demand is directed toward low-cost inertial sensors such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Due to the combined problem of frequent GPS signal loss during navigation in urban centers and the rapid time-growing inertial navigation errors when the INS is operated in stand-alone mode, some methodologies should be applied to improve the LVN accuracy in these cases. One of these approaches is to apply smoothing algorithms such as the Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother (RTSS), which uses only the output of the forward KF. In this paper, the development of the two-filter smoother (TFS) algorithm and its implementation in LVN applications is introduced. Two different LVN INS/GPS data sets that include tactical-grade and MEMS inertial measuring units are utilized to validate the TFS algorithm and to compare its performance with the RTSS.

Fusion of Imaging and Inertial Sensors for Navigation

Abstract: : The motivation of this research is to address the limitations of satellite-based navigation by fusing imaging and inertial systems. The research begins by rigorously describing the imaging and navigation problem and developing practical models of the sensors, then presenting a transformation technique to detect features within an image. Given a set of features, a statistical feature projection technique is developed which utilizes inertial measurements to predict vectors in the feature space between images. This coupling of the imaging and inertial sensors at a deep level is then used to aid the statistical feature matching function. The feature matches and inertial measurements are then used to estimate the navigation trajectory using an extended Kalman filter. After accomplishing a proper calibration, the image-aided inertial navigation algorithm is then tested using a combination of simulation and ground tests using both tactical and consumer- grade inertial sensors. While limitations of the Kalman filter are identified, the experimental results demonstrate a navigation performance improvement of at least two orders of magnitude over the respective inertial-only solutions.

Cascaded estimation architecture for integration of foot-mounted inertial sensors

Abstract: An algorithm for integrating foot-mounted inertial sensor platforms is presented. The proposed integration scheme is based on a cascaded estimation architecture. A lower Kalman filter is used to estimate the step-wise change of position and direction of one or optionally both feet respectively. These estimates are used in turn as measurements in an upper particle filter, which is able to incorporate nonlinear map-matching techniques. To ease the integration of both feet a simple mechanical pedestrian model is developed. The proposed algorithm is verified using computer simulations and experimental data.