Free-walking:Pedestrian inertial navigation based on dual foot-mounted IMU

The inertial navigation system(INS),which is frequently used in emergency rescue operations and other situations,has the benefits of not relying on infrastructure,high positioning frequency,and strong real-time performance.However,the intricate and unpredictable pedestrian motion patterns lead the INS localization error to significantly diverge with time.This paper aims to enhance the accuracy of zero-velocity interval(ZVI)detection and reduce the heading and altitude drift of foot-mounted INS via deep learning and equation constraint of dual feet.Aiming at the observational noise problem of low-cost inertial sensors,we utilize a denoising autoencoder to automatically eliminate the inherent noise.Aiming at the problem that inaccurate detection of the ZVI detection results in obvious displacement error,we propose a sample-level ZVI detection algorithm based on the U-Net neural network,which effectively solves the problem of mislabeling caused by sliding windows.Aiming at the problem that Zero-Velocity Update(ZUPT)cannot suppress heading and altitude error,we propose a bipedal INS method based on the equation constraint and ellipsoid constraint,which uses foot-to-foot distance as a new observation to correct heading and altitude error.We conduct extensive and well-designed experiments to evaluate the performance of the proposed method.The experimental results indicate that the position error of our proposed method did not exceed 0.83% of the total traveled distance.

Ground Alignment of Inertial Navigation System with the Aid of GPS Signals

惯性导航系统地面初始对准是惯导系统的关键技术之一，由于系统的观测性弱，仅水平对准效果好，而方位对准效果较差．针对这一问题，本文提出采用双天线将ＧＰＳ载波相位作为外部参考信号引入惯导系统地面对准，和惯导系统相组合共同完成初始对准．仿真结果表明，组合对准不仅能使方位快速对准，而且还能提高水平对准的精度，同时可对陀螺漂移作出快速估计．

Error Model of Rotary Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Navigation System

To improve the precision of inertial navigation system（INS） during long time operation,the rotation modulated technique（RMT） was employed to modulate the errorr of the inertial sensors into periodically varied signals,and,as a result,to suppress the divergence of INS errors.The principle of the RMT was introduced and the error propagating functions were derived from the rotary navigation equation.Effects of the measurement error for the rotation angle of the platform on the system precision were analyzed.The simulation and experimental results show that the precision of INS was ① dramatically improved with the use of the RMT,and ② hardly reduced when the measurement error for the rotation angle was in arc-second level.The study results offer a theoretical basis for engineering design of rotary INS.

Suppression of the G-sensitive drift of laser gyro in dual-axis rotational inertial navigation system

The dual-axis rotational inertial navigation system(INS)with dithered ring laser gyro(DRLG)is widely used in high precision navigation.The major inertial sensor errors such as drift errors of gyro and accelerometer can be averaged out,but the G-sensitive drifts of laser gyro cannot be averaged out by indexing.A 16-position rotational simulation experiment proves the G-sensitive drift will affect the long-term navigation error for the rotational INS quantitatively.The vibration coupling and asymmetric structure of the DRLG are the main errors.A new dithered mechanism and optimized DRLG is designed.The validity and efficiency of the optimized design are conformed by 1 g sinusoidal vibration experiments.An optimized inertial measurement unit(IMU)is formulated and measured experimentally.Laboratory and vehicle experimental results show that the divergence speed of longitude errors can be effectively slowed down in the optimized IMU.In long term independent navigation,the position accuracy of dual-axis rotational INS is improved close to 50%,and the G-sensitive drifts of laser gyro in the optimized IMU are less than 0.0002°/h.These results have important theoretical significance and practical value for improving the structural dynamic characteristics of DRLG INS,especially the highprecision inertial system.

An improved computation scheme of strapdown inertial navigation system using rotation technique

To improve the accuracy of strapdown inertial navigation system(SINS) for long term applications,the rotation technique is employed to modulate the errors of the inertial sensors into periodically varied signals,and,as a result,to suppress the divergence of SINS errors.However,the errors of rotation platform will be introduced into SINS and might affect the final navigation accuracy.Considering the disadvantages of the conventional navigation computation scheme,an improved computation scheme of the SINS using rotation technique is proposed which can reduce the effects of the rotation platform errors.And,the error characteristics of the SINS with this navigation computation scheme are analyzed.Theoretical analysis,simulations and real test results show that the proposed navigation computation scheme outperforms the conventional navigation computation scheme,meanwhile reduces the requirement to the measurement accuracy of rotation angles.

A fast and accurate initial alignment method for strapdown inertial navigation system on stationary base

In this work,a fast and accurate stationary alignment method for strapdown inertial navigation system （SINS） is proposed. It has been demonstrated that the stationary alignment of SINS can be improved by employing the multiposition technique,but the alignment time of the azimuth error is relatively longer. Over here, the two-position alignment principle is presented. On the basis of this SINS error model, a fast estimation algorithm of the azimuth error for the initial alignment of SINS on stationary base is derived fully from the horizontal velocity outputs and the output rates, and the novel azimuth error estimation algorithm is used for the two-position alignment. Consequently, the speed and accuracy of the SINS＇ s initial alignment is enhanced greatly. The computer simulation results illustrate the efficiency of this alignment method.

A Quaternion Scaled Unscented Kalman Estimator for Inertial Navigation States Determination Using INS/GPS/Magnetometer Fusion

This Inertial Navigation System (INS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and fluxgate magnetometer technologies have been widely used in a variety of positioning and navigation applications. In this paper, a low cost solid state INS/GPS/Magnetometer integrated navigation system has been developed that incorporates measurements from an Inertial Navigation System (INS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and fluxgate magnetometer (Mag.) to provide a reliable complete navigation solution at a high output rate. The body attitude estimates, especially the heading angle, are fundamental challenges in a navigation system. Therefore targeting accurate attitude estimation is considered a significant contribution to the overall navigation error. A better estimation of the body attitude estimates leads to more accurate position and velocity estimation. For that end, the aim of this research is to exploit the magnetometer and accelerometer data in the attitude estimation technique. In this paper, a Scaled Unscented Kalman Filter (SUKF) based on the quaternion concept is designed for the INS/GPS/Mag integrated navigation system under large attitude error conditions. Simulation and experimental results indicate a satisfactory performance of the newly developed model.

DESIGN & REALIZATION ON GPS/INS INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM

讨论了应用卡尔曼滤波器的ＧＰＳ／ＩＮＳ组合导航系统，其中包括理论、方案与实际的ＩＮＳ和ＧＰＳ接收机的结合，研究的重点是对系统误差的建模及组合的实现，以及松组合和紧组合等各种组合方式等。该ＧＰＳ／ＩＮＳ组合导航开发系统，可以有效和经济地用于组合导航系统的研究和设计，在实际应用中起到了非常有效的作用。该系统不仅仅是一个计算机辅助设计软件，而且可以对实际获得的惯导和ＧＰＳ数据进行半物理仿真。开发系统的核心软件可以方便地转换成实际组合系统中的工程应用软件。应用结果表明，开发系统的设计思想和组合方案是成功的，可以取得良好的导航结果。

Optimal Observability Analysis of Gimbled Inertial Navigation System on the Moving Base

To investigate the observability of gimbled inertial navigation system when the base moves on the basis of piece-wise constant system's observability theory and singular value decomposition, the variation of the singular value in the observability matrix with time is discussed. The simulation results reveal that only if orientation angle is 60° and the flight route is S-figure in initial alignment, the optimal observability is obtained, thus a theoretical foundation for fast and accurate alignment of GINS is provided.

Approach of Improving the Inertial Navigation System Error for Large Transport Aircraft

The corresponding corrected method is proposed for the INS ( INS-Inertial Navigation System ) accumulated error of large transport aircraft. System errors contain aircraft position error, altitude error and speed error,one is increasing the accuracy of hardw are; the other is development of low cost softw are algorithms. Because of improving hardw are is more difficult in my country at present, developing softw are algorithms is essential w ay,w hich have been validated in my types of airplane. The combined heuristic algorithms ( ABPNN,Advanced Back-propagation neural netw orks algorithm and LSM -least square method) are presented,w hich incorporates the effects of flight region and measured terrain height data by radar and barometer. Based on this algorithm,the appropriate match region w as gotten by recognition of fiducial digital map in real time online. In process of w ork,the minimum of position error as a cost function and the constraint conditions are gave,the flight positions are recognized in real time and continuously,least sum of square is calculated based on LSM ,in other w ords,the optimized result is obtained. The simulation case demonstrate that the method is very successful,the correct rate of recognition is more 90 percent. In w ords,the algorithm presented is economical,validation and effective.

GNSS/SINS/视觉导航鲁棒算法

全球导航卫星系统(Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS)、捷联惯性导航系统(Strapdown Inertial Navigation System, SINS)和视觉传感器优势互补,3者信息融合可获得高精度、无漂移的导航定位信息.针对GNSS/SINS/视觉融合导航易受运动速度、光照变化、遮挡等影响导致定位精度和鲁棒性降低问题,本文在图优化框架的代价函数中加入SoftLOne鲁棒核函数,设置量测值粗差检验程序,降低离群点带来的负面影响.进一步,对量测值计算残差进行卡方检验,对超限残差降权处理,提高系统精度和鲁棒性.实验结果表明,本文算法较不施加鲁棒核函数、不采用异常值剔除策略和卡方检验的传统算法,以及加入其他鲁棒核函数的算法精度更高、鲁棒性更好,能够较大程度提升GNSS/SINS/视觉导航定位精度和鲁棒性,在大尺度环境下,未出现较大漂移误差,绝对位姿均方根误差0.735 m,绝对位姿误差标准差0.336 m.

两种双矢量SINS粗对准方法大俯仰角适应性研究

大俯仰角下捷联惯导粗对准双矢量定姿中,不同矢量组合下,姿态角尤其是方位角对准精确度相差很大,必须慎重选择。对此,给出了2种最常用的粗对准矢量组合模式误差方程,对其主要误差影响因素进行分析。综合传感器误差,利用蒙特卡洛随机打靶方法对全姿态角下粗对准精确度进行仿真,并开展了80°俯仰角转台静态粗对准试验。转台试验中,在惯导陀螺误差约1°/h,加速度计误差约0.1mg情况下,第1种、第2种组合模式方位角粗对准最大误差值分别为20°、7.5°,第2种组合模式约为第1种的1/3;仿真测试中,在惯导陀螺误差约0.1°/h,加速度计误差约1mg,80°俯仰角下,第1种、第2种组合模式下方位角粗对准最大误差值分别为11°与2.2°,前者约为后者的5倍。仿真与试验结果表明,大俯仰角下矢量组合模式是影响惯导姿态角与姿态矩阵粗对准精确度的最主要因素。

Accuracy improvement of GPS/MEMS-INS integrated navigation system during GPS signal outage for land vehicle navigation

To improve the reliability and accuracy of the global po- sitioning system （GPS）/micro electromechanical system （MEMS）- inertial navigation system （INS） integrated navigation system, this paper proposes two different methods. Based on wavelet threshold denoising and functional coefficient autoregressive （FAR） model- ing, a combined data processing method is presented for MEMS inertial sensor, and GPS attitude information is also introduced to improve the estimation accuracy of MEMS inertial sensor errors. Then the positioning accuracy during GPS signal short outage is enhanced. To improve the positioning accuracy when a GPS signal is blocked for long time and solve the problem of the tra- ditional adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system （ANFIS） method with poor dynamic adaptation and large calculation amount, a self-constructive ANFIS （SCANFIS） combined with the extended Kalman filter （EKF） is proposed for MEMS-INS errors modeling and predicting. Experimental road test results validate the effi- ciency of the proposed methods.

IAE-adaptive Kalman filter for INS/GPS integrated navigation system

A marine INS/GPS adaptive navigation system is presented. GPS with two antenna providing vessel＇ s altitude is selected as the auxiliary system fusing with INS to improve the performance of the hybrid system. The Kalman filter is the most frequently used algorithm in the integrated navigation system, which is capable of estimating INS errors online based on the measured errors between INS and GPS. The standard Kalman filter （SKF） assumes that the statistics of the noise on each sensor are given. As long as the noise distributions do not change, the Kalman filter will give the optimal estimation. However GPS receiver will be disturbed easily and thus temporally changing measurement noise will join into the outputs of GPS, which will lead to performance degradation of the Kalman filter. Many researchers introduce fuzzy logic control method into innovation-based adaptive estimation adaptive Kalman filtering （IAE-AKF） algorithm, and accordingly propose various adaptive Kalman filters. However how to design the fuzzy logic controller is a very complicated problem still without a convincing solution. A novel IAE-AKF is proposed herein, which is based on the maximum likelihood criterion for the proper computation of the filter innovation covariance and hence of the filter gain. The approach is direct and simple without having to establish fuzzy inference rules. After having deduced the proposed IAEAKF algorithm theoretically in detail, the approach is tested by the simulation based on the system error model of the developed INS/GPS integrated marine navigation system. Simulation results show that the adaptive Kalman filter outperforms the SKF with higher accuracy, robustness and less computation. It is demonstra- ted that this proposed approach is a valid solution for the unknown changing measurement noise exited in the Kalman filter.

Transfer alignment of shipborne inertial-guided weapon systems

The transfer alignment problem of the shipborne weapon inertial navigation system （INS） is addressed. Specifically, two transfer alignment algorithms subjected to the ship motions induced by the waves are discussed. To consider the limited maneuver level performed by the ship, a new filter algorithm for transfer alignment methods using velocity and angular rate matching is first derived. And then an improved method using integrated velocity and integrated angular rate matching is introduced to reduce the effect of the ship body flexure. The simulation results show the feasibility and validity of the proposed transfer alignment algorithms.

GNSS/INS组合导航中IMU参数设定与优化

针对惯性测量单元(IMU)参数设置不合理导致全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)/惯性导航系统(INS)组合导航无法充分发挥IMU性能的问题,提出了一套IMU参数设定与优化方案,建立了以GNSS短期中断期间导航漂移误差统计值、理论估计精度一致性以及IMU误差参数估计稳定性为评估对象的考核准则,使优化后的IMU参数可以确保GNSS/INS组合导航解算中状态预测方差阵的准确性,实现预测信息与观测信息权重合理分配,进而保障GNSS/INS组合导航最优性能。实测验证采用ADIS16465和ICM206022款典型车规级和消费级微机电(MEMS)IMU进行性能测试分析,测试结果表明:初始IMU参数与GNSS/INS组合导航算法适配度较低,无法得到最优组合导航结果;优化后,IMU参数在保障组合导航最优性能基础之上,也可实现理论估计精度与实际精度高度一致。

卡尔曼滤波器异常自检及其在SINS初始对准中的应用

卡尔曼滤波器是惯性导航系统初始对准和组合导航问题中的常用工具。针对滤波时系统噪声和观测噪声异常导致的滤波精度下降甚至发散问题,从理论上分析了基于新息协方差匹配和马氏距离卡方检验的两种滤波器异常检验判据,结合判据在传统卡尔曼滤波、无迹卡尔曼滤波和容积卡尔曼滤波中的典型应用,设计了针对捷联式惯性导航系统初始对准问题的测试实验,实验结果表明两种判据对滤波器系统噪声和观测噪声异常都有一定的检验能力,但检验判据严格程度存在不同且判据存在拖尾效应,由此给出了在实践应用中的建议。

APPLYINGSUCCESSIVEORTHOGONALIZATIONDECENTRALIZEDKALMANFILTERTOGPS／INSINTEGRATEDNAVIGATIONSYSTEM

逐次正交化分布式卡尔曼滤波器是对大系统进行状态估计的一种新方法。本文讨论了在GPS／INS组合导航系统中，应用逐次正交化分布式卡尔曼滤波器的原理和特点。首先，将组合导航系统分成三个子系统，然后采用开环和闭环校正相结合的方法，用两种组合方式对系统进行仿真。结果表明：本方法是有效并可实现的；在三个子系统串行运算的条件下，实际提高运行速度约两倍，并且保持了最优精度。本文所得的结论对于由多个实际子导航系统，如INS，GPS，地形匹配，罗兰C，多普勒雷达。

DVL/SINS松紧组合的等价性分析及改进的虚拟波束辅助紧组合算法

系统地研究了不同波束可用情况下的多普勒计程仪(Doppler velocity logger,DVL)/捷联惯性导航系统(strapdown inertial navigation system,SINS)紧组合导航算法。证明了3个或4个波束可用情况下,DVL/SINS波束域紧组合的定位精度与三维速度松组合系统具有等价性,并给出了松组合中量测协方差阵的确定方法。针对紧组合系统定位精度随可用波束减少而降低的问题,考虑DVL的误差参数,基于载体运动约束和压力深度计提出一种改进的虚拟波束辅助紧组合算法。实验结果表明,3个或4个波束可用时的松组合与紧组合的定位精度等价;改进的虚拟波束辅助紧组合算法可以准确跟踪故障的波束速度,有效提升了不同波束可用情况下紧组合的定位精度。