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http://dx.doi.org/10.5302/J.ICROS.2012.18.5.471

Foot Motion Estimation Smoother using Inertial Sensors  

Suh, Young-Soo (University of Ulsan)
Chee, Young-Joon (University of Ulsan)
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Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems / v.18, no.5, 2012 , pp. 471-478 More about this Journal
Abstract
A foot motion is estimated using an inertial sensor unit, which is installed on a shoe. The inertial sensor unit consists of 3 axis accelerometer and 3 axis gyroscopes. Attitude and position of a foot are estimated using an inertial navigation algorithm. To increase estimation performance, a smoother is used, where the smoother employs a forward and backward filter structure. An indirect Kalman filter is used as a forward filter and backward filter. A new combining algorithm for the smoother is proposed to combine a forward indirect Kalman filter and a backward indirect Kalman filter. Through experiments, the estimation performance of the proposed smoother is verified.
Keywords
gait analysis; motion tracking; inertial navigation algorithm; smoother;
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