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Improvement of Attitude Determination Based on Specific Force Vector Matching

비력벡터매칭 기법을 이용한 자세결정 알고리즘의 성능 향상

  • Choe, Yeongkwon (Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Automatic and Systems Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Chan Gook (Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Automatic and Systems Research Institute, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2016.08.31
  • Accepted : 2017.01.11
  • Published : 2017.02.01
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Abstract

Attitude determination algorithms for aircraft and land vehicles use earth gravitational vector and geomagnetic vector; hence, magnetometers and accelerometers are employed. In dynamic situation, the output from accelerometers includes not only gravitational vector but also motional acceleration, thus it is hard to determine accurate attitude. The acceleration compensation method treated in this paper solves the problem to compensate the specific force vector for motional acceleration calculated by a GPS receiver. This paper analyzed the error from the corrected vector regarded as a constant by conventional acceleration compensation method, and improve the error by rederivation from measurements. The analyzed error factors and improvements by the proposed algorithm are verified by computer simulations.

항공기 및 지상 이동체 등에 사용되는 자세 및 방위 결정 시스템은 자세를 결정하기 위해 중력가속도 벡터와 지구자기장 벡터를 이용한다. 이를 위해 가속도계와 자력계를 이용하게 되는데, 가속도계의 경우 중력가속도뿐만 아니라 항체의 운동 가속도까지 포함하게 되어 가속 중에는 자세결정이 어려워진다. 본 논문에서 다루는 가속도 보상 방법은 가속도계에서 얻은 비력으로부터 GPS 수신기를 통해 계산한 항체의 가속도를 빼주어 이를 해결하는 방법이다. 기존의 알고리즘은 보상한 벡터를 상수 형태로 간주해 이용하게 되는데, 본 논문에서는 이로 인한 오차를 분석하고 측정치로부터 모델을 재유도해 성능을 개선했다. 기존의 알고리즘이 내포한 오차 요인과 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘에 의해 자세 추정 성능이 개선됨을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인했다.

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