Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A (대한기계학회논문집A)

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Comparison of Acceleration-Compensating Mechanisms for Improvement of IMU-Based Orientation Determination

IMU기반 자세결정의 정확도 향상을 위한 가속도 보상 메카니즘 비교

  • Lee, Jung Keun (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hankyong Nat'l Univ.)
  • 이정근 (한경대학교 기계공학과)
  • Received : 2016.02.01
  • Accepted : 2016.07.19
  • Published : 2016.09.01
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Abstract

One of the main factors related to the deterioration of estimation accuracy in inertial measurement unit (IMU)-based orientation determination is the object's acceleration. This is because accelerometer signals under accelerated motion conditions cannot be longer reference vectors along the vertical axis. In order to deal with this issue, some orientation estimation algorithms adopt acceleration-compensating mechanisms. Such mechanisms include the simple switching techniques, mechanisms with adaptive estimation of acceleration, and acceleration model-based mechanisms. This paper compares these three mechanisms in terms of estimation accuracy. From experimental results under accelerated dynamic conditions, the following can be concluded. (1) A compensating mechanism is essential for an estimation algorithm to maintain accuracy under accelerated conditions. (2) Although the simple switching mechanism is effective to some extent, the other two mechanisms showed much higher accuracies, particularly when test conditions were severe.

IMU기반 자세결정에 있어 추정 정확도의 저하요인 중 주요한 한 가지는 운동체의 가속도이다. 이는 가속도가 크게 발생하는 경우 가속도계 신호는 더이상 수직축 참조벡터가 될 수 없기 때문이다. 이에 대한 대책으로 일부 자세추정 알고리즘에서는 가속도 보상 메카니즘이 적용되어 왔다. 가장 보편적이고 간단한 스위칭 방법부터 적응추정방식, 가속도 모델기반 방식 등이 제안되어 왔으나, 이들 보상 메카니즘에 대한 비교분석은 이루어 지지 않았다. 본 논문은 쿼터니언기반의 Pseudo 칼만필터를 바탕으로 하여 세 가지 가속도 보상 메커니즘의 성능을 비교분석하였다. 가속조건 실험 분석을 통해 다음을 확인할 수 있었다. (1) 가속구간에서의 추정정확도 저하를 방지하기 위해선 가속도 보상 메카니즘이 반드시 필요하다. (2) 단순 스위칭 방법도 상당한 효과를 보였으나, 보다 정교한 적응추정 방식과 가속도 모델방식이 동등수준으로 가장 정확한 결과를 보였다.

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