DocumentCode :
688418
Title :
Interference-Resistant Heading Measurement for Location-Based Mobile Services
Author :
Jing Wu ; Bo Xie ; Kongyang Chen ; Guohun Zhu ; Guang Tan
Author_Institution :
SIAT, Shenzhen, China
fYear :
2013
fDate :
13-15 Nov. 2013
Firstpage :
2159
Lastpage :
2165
Abstract :
Accurate heading information is crucial for many mobile services such as navigation, autonomous vehicles, and robot applications. The standard way to obtain heading information is by using a tri-axis magnetometer, which can measure the signal intensity of the magnetic field in three orthogonal directions. However, a magnetometer is known to be highly susceptible to environmental interferences that may easily generate error up to thousands of nano-tesla, causing unacceptable errors (e.g., 40 degrees) in the direction output and rendering the mobile service useless. We present a novel design for interference resistant heading measurement using multiple magnetometers. In this design, multiple magnetometers are placed around a circle, imitating the manual rotation of a single magnetometer. This arrangement allows us to automatically calibrate the devices against external interference, using the classic ellipse fitting method. We have implemented a system consisting of a STM32F103RC microcontroller and six AKM8975 magnetic sensors. Evaluation in realistic environments shows that our design can adaptively update the calibration parameters, reducing the original heading error from 150 degrees to below 2.5 degrees, and the heading error remains stable in environments with different patterns of magnetic perturbation.
Keywords :
curve fitting; magnetic sensors; magnetometers; microcontrollers; mobile radio; radio direction-finding; AKM8975 magnetic sensors; STM32F103RC microcontroller; calibration parameters; classic ellipse fitting method; environmental interferences; external interference; heading error; heading information; interference resistant heading measurement; magnetic field; magnetic perturbation; mobile services; signal intensity; tri-axis magnetometer; unacceptable errors; Calibration; Fitting; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; calibration; interference; mobile services; tri-axis magnetometers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Computing and Communications & 2013 IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (HPCC_EUC), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zhangjiajie
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HPCC.and.EUC.2013.309
Filename :
6832192
Link To Document :
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