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Real-time Calculation of Geoid Applicable to Embedded Systems

내장형 시스템에 적용 가능한 지오이드의 실시간 결정

  • Kim, Hyun-seok (Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Park, Chan-sik (Department of Control and Robotics Engineering, Chungbuk Natioinal University)
  • Received : 2020.09.07
  • Accepted : 2020.10.16
  • Published : 2020.10.30

Abstract

In order to improve the vertical position accuracy, the advantages of GPS and barometric altimeter are combined and used, but in order to fuse the two sensors, the geoid altitude must be compensated. In this paper, we proposed a technique that can calculate geoid altitude in real time even in low-cost embedded systems applied to drones or autonomous vehicles. Since the reference EGM08 is determined by a polynomial of the 2160th order, real-time calculation is impossible in the embedded system. Therefore, by introducing a linear interpolation technique, the amount of calculation was increased, and the storage space was saved by 75% by using the integer geoid height as a grid point. The accuracy of the proposed technique was evaluated through simulation, and it was confirmed that the accuracy of the maximum error is -1.215 m even in the region where the geoid change is rapid.

수직위치 정확도를 개선하기 위해 GPS와 기압고도계의 장점을 융합하여 사용하지만, 두 센서를 융합하기 위해서는 지오이드 고도를 보상해 주어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 드론이나 자율주행 차량에 적용되는 저가의 내장형 시스템에서도 실시간으로 지오이드 고도를 계산할 수 있는 기법을 제안하였다. 기준이 되는 EGM08은 2160차의 다항식으로 결정되기 때문에 내장형 시스템에서 실시간 계산이 불가능하다. 때문에 선형 보간 기법을 도입하여 계산량을 줄이고, 정수형 지오이드 고도를 격자점으로 사용하여 저장공간을 75%절감하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안된 기법의 정확도를 평가하였으며, 지오이드 변화가 급격한 지역에서도 최대 오차 -1.215 m의 정확도를 갖는 것을 확인하였다.

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