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System based on inertial sensors for behavioral monitoring of wildlife
Sensors Network is an integration of multiples
sensors in a system to collect information about different
environment variables. Monitoring systems allow us to
determine the current state, to know its behavior and
sometimes to predict what it is going to happen. This work
presents a monitoring system for semi-wild animals that
get their actions using an IMU (inertial measure unit) and
a sensor fusion algorithm. Based on an ARM-CortexM4
microcontroller this system sends data using ZigBee
technology of different sensor axis in two different
operations modes: RAW (logging all information into a SD
card) or RT (real-time operation). The sensor fusion
algorithm improves both the precision and noise
interferences.Junta de AndalucĂa P12-TIC-130
Magnetometer calibration using inertial sensors
In this work we present a practical algorithm for calibrating a magnetometer
for the presence of magnetic disturbances and for magnetometer sensor errors.
To allow for combining the magnetometer measurements with inertial measurements
for orientation estimation, the algorithm also corrects for misalignment
between the magnetometer and the inertial sensor axes. The calibration
algorithm is formulated as the solution to a maximum likelihood problem and the
computations are performed offline. The algorithm is shown to give good results
using data from two different commercially available sensor units. Using the
calibrated magnetometer measurements in combination with the inertial sensors
to determine the sensor's orientation is shown to lead to significantly
improved heading estimates.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figure
Compensation of Magnetic Disturbances Improves Inertial and Magnetic Sensing of Human Body Segment Orientation
This paper describes a complementary Kalman filter design to estimate orientation of human body segments by fusing gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer signals from miniature sensors. Ferromagnetic materials or other magnetic fields near the sensor module disturb the local earth magnetic field and, therefore, the orientation estimation, which impedes many (ambulatory) applications. In the filter, the gyroscope bias error, orientation error, and magnetic disturbance error are estimated. The filter was tested under quasi-static and dynamic conditions with ferromagnetic materials close to the sensor module. The quasi-static experiments implied static positions and rotations around the three axes. In the dynamic experiments, three-dimensional rotations were performed near a metal tool case. The orientation estimated by the filter was compared with the orientation obtained with an optical reference system Vicon. Results show accurate and drift-free orientation estimates. The compensation results in a significant difference (p<0.01) between the orientation estimates with compensation of magnetic disturbances in comparison to no compensation or only gyroscopes. The average static error was 1.4/spl deg/ (standard deviation 0.4) in the magnetically disturbed experiments. The dynamic error was 2.6/spl deg/ root means square
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