Methods, apparatus and systems for gyroscope scale calibration
US11079252B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P15/14
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for estimating and calibrating a gyroscope's scale using a magnetometer mounted on the same device by rotating the device about an axis multiple times; and, during the first rotation, storing the magnetometer magnetic field reading and a heading (from integration of the gyroscope readings) at each of a plurality of angular reference points; then, during each subsequent rotation, determining magnetometer/gyroscope-heading output pairs for which the magnetometer output matches the magnetometer reading corresponding to one of the reference points, thereby indicating that the device has reached the same heading as the matching reference point; then, for each matching output sample pair, using that magnetometer/gyroscope-heading output sample pair to update the gyroscope scale factor for the corresponding angular reference point; and averaging those scale estimates to generate a final gyroscope scale factor estimate.
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