• DocumentCode
    1123612
  • Title

    An Optimal Normalization Scheme

  • Author

    Giardina, C.R. ; Bronson, R. ; Wallen, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Singer Company-Kearfott Div. Little Falls, N. J. 07424
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    7/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    443
  • Lastpage
    446
  • Abstract
    An attitude normalization scheme, based on quaternion updates´ of the attitude matrix in a strapdown system, is presented which is optimal in the two-norm sense. Furthermore, the algorithm requires minimal computer time and memory load.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace and electronic systems; Angular velocity; Differential equations; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Matrices; Navigation; Position measurement; Quantization; Quaternions; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1975.308105
  • Filename
    4101436