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System and method for determining an attitude of a device undergoing dynamic acceleration using a Kalman filter

US8515707B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 6, 2009
Grant dateAug 20, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/038
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, a computer readable storage medium including instructions, and a method for determining an attitude of a device undergoing dynamic acceleration. A difference between a first accelerometer measurement received from a first multi-dimensional accelerometer of the device and a second accelerometer measurement received from a second multi-dimensional accelerometer of the device is calculated. A Kalman gain is adjusted based on the difference, wherein the Kalman gain is used in a Kalman filter that determines the attitude of the device. An attitude of the device is determined using the Kalman filter based at least in part on the Kalman gain, the first accelerometer measurement, the second accelerometer measurement, and a magnetic field measurement received from a multi-dimensional magnetometer of the device.

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