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Improved orientation estimation for smart phone indoor localization

Author:
Morgan, Damein Lamar
Degree Grantor:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Electrical & Computer Engineering
Degree Supervisor:
Tim Cheng
Place of Publication:
[Santa Barbara, Calif.]
Publisher:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Creation Date:
2014
Issued Date:
2014
Topics:
Engineering, Computer
Keywords:
Sensor Fusion
Localization
Navigation
Smart Phone
Genres:
Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
Dissertation:
M.S.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
Description:

The use of commercial Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) within navigation filter applications has seen a steady increase with the large growth of the smart phone market. Unfortunately, the IMUs utilized within mobile phones tend to be highly inaccurate and susceptible to large amounts of noise and bias. Indoor locations in particular are well known to poses various sources of magnetic interference which can cause magnetometer readings to be inaccurate at best. To counteract this, IMU based navigation systems often take advantage of application-specific characteristics to reduce the effects of noise on the resulting filter. In this paper, an application-specific navigation filter is presented specifically for indoor environments that reduce the dependence on the magnetometer during times of detected interference. The results of this filter are combined with a Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) system to provide a robust indoor localization solution.

Physical Description:
1 online resource (70 pages)
Format:
Text
Collection(s):
UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
ARK:
ark:/48907/f3cn721p
ISBN:
9781303872952
Catalog System Number:
990044635710203776
Rights:
Inc.icon only.dark In Copyright
Copyright Holder:
Damein Morgan
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