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Inertial Navigation Systems with three 3D sensors are used to localize moving persons. The accuracy of the localization depends on the quality of the sensor data of the multi-sensor system. In order to improve the accuracy, a self-calibration process based on the automatic 3D calibration was developed. Based on the calibration procedure of the accelerometer (ACC) and the magnetic field sensor (MAG), the additional integration of the gyroscope (GYRO) leads to a reduction of the indoor positioning error. This improves both the approximation for the accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor so that the standard deviation of a single sensor is minimized. A new calibration procedure of the gyroscope and the accuracy improvement of the localization of a moving person are presented.
In this work an air-based sensor network for the localization of persons at extensive areas is presented. The developed network consists of a localization device which the person is wearing (BodyGuard-System), a mobile relay station in the air, and a base station. All three parts communicate with the same radio chip. The BodyGuard-System is an inertial navigation system which was developed for localization in difficult environments with high accuracy and low measurement uncertainty. To increase the range of the system, a multi-hop network was built up. The measured data of the BodyGuard-System and the mobile relay station is visualized on a PC in the base station. This multi-hop network is necessary for example for fire department missions.
For the accuracy of inertial navigation systems for indoor localization it is important to get high quality sensor data of the multi-sensor system. This can be realized using high quality sensors or the developed 3D-self-calibration-method for low cost sensors. Based on the calibration procedure of the accelerometer (ACC) and the magnetic field sensor (MAG), the additional integration of the gyroscope (GYRO) leads to a reduction of the indoor positioning error. This improves both the approximation for the accelerometer, the magnetic field sensor and the gyroscope so that the standard deviation of a single sensor is minimized. There are errors in the whole system. To determine these error sources it is important to define the measurement uncertainty. In this paper it is presented that the measurement uncertainty can be reduced by the application of the developed 3D-self-calibration method.
The calibration of the integrated sensors in a multisensor system has gained in interest over the last years. In this paper we introduce an enhanced calibration process, which is based on the preceding study described in. The enhancement consists of the integration of a gyroscope. So far only the accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor were taken into account for the calibration process. Due to this improvement we reach a better approximation of the accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor. Additionally, we minimize the standard
deviation of the single sensors and improve the accuracy of the positioning of a moving person.