inu 1.0.11

Inertial Navigation Utilities

Inertial Navigation Utilities

Functions

This library provides forward mechanization of inertial measurement unit sensor values (accelerometer and gyroscope readings) to get position, velocity, and attitude as well as inverse mechanization to get sensor values from position, velocity, and attitude. It also includes tools to calculate velocity from geodetic position over time, to estimate attitude from velocity, and to estimate wind velocity from ground-track velocity and yaw angle.

Accuracy

The mechanization algorithms in this library make no simplifying assumptions. The Earth is defined as an ellipsoid. Any deviations of the truth from this simple shape can be captured by more complex gravity models. The algorithms use a single frequency update structure which is much simpler than the common two-frequency update structure and just as, if not more, accurate.

Duality

The forward and inverse mechanization functions are perfect duals of each other. This means that if you started with a profile of position, velocity, and attitude and passed these into the inverse mechanization algorithm to get sensor values and then passed those sensor values into the forward mechanization algorithm, you would get back the original position, velocity, and attitude profiles. The only error will be due to finite-precision rounding.

Vectorization

When possible, the functions are vectorized in order to handle processing batches of values. A set of scalars is a 1D array. A set of vectors is a 2D array, with each vector in a column. So, a (3, 7) array is a set of seven vectors, each with 3 elements. If an input matrix does not have 3 rows, it will be assumed that the rows of the matrix are vectors.

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