Abstract: This paper proposes a method for combining stereo visual odometry, Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) odometry and reduced Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) including two horizontal accelerometers and one vertical gyro. The proposed method starts with stereo visual odometry to estimate six Degree of Freedom (DoF) ego motion to register the point clouds from previous epoch to the curren...

The determination of image orientation parameters of any sensor during data acquisition became possible by combined use of an inertial measurement system (IMU) and GPS. In this integrated system, GPS antenna, IMU and imaging sensor are located different position in airborne carrier. Because of this reason, the displacement vectors between sensors have to be determined. Similarly, axes of the IM...

In this paper, an efficient methodology using GPS/IMU data for automatic point transformation in aerial triangulation is presented. It firstly performs matching within each strip. For point transformation between strips, with the help of GPS/IMU data, tie point’s initial position in search image of neighboring strips can be easily obtained, with high accuracy of several pixels. Then correlation...

In this paper, authors proposed a practical motion estimation strategy to obtain the single static object position and the vehicle’s motion parameters simultaneously by utilizing camera and IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), and tried several classic nonlinear parameters estimation methods on this problem based on the Matlab simulation. A lot of preliminary calibration experiments have been done ...

Micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) inertial measurement unit (IMU) outputs are corrupted by significant sensor errors. The navigation errors of a MEMS-based inertial navigation system will therefore accumulate very quickly over time. This requires aiding from other sensors such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). However, it will still remain a significant challenge in the prese...

The Unaided Single Frequency/Single Epoch Global Navigation Satellite System (SF/SE GNSS) model is the most challenging scenario for ambiguity resolution in the GNSS attitude determination application. To improve the performance of SF/SE-GNSS ambiguity resolution without excessive cost, the Micro-Electro-Mechanical System Inertial Measurement Unit (MEMS-IMU) is a proper choice for the auxiliary...

The structure of the upper atmosphere of Mars (above ∼100 km) has been probed in situ mainly using spacecraft accelerometers during the aerobraking phases of 3 Mars orbiters. In a similar manner, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Accelerometer Experiment (ACC) will also use atmospheric drag accelerations sensed by inertial measurement units (IMU) onboard the spacecraft to recov...