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INS Aiding by Tracking an Unknown Ground Object

INS Aiding by Tracking an Unknown Ground Object

Polat, Murat

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Technology & EngineeringBoating

ISBN10: 128825606X
ISBN13: 9781288256068
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 9 2012
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The reduction of the navigation error in an inertial navigation system by optically tracking a ground object is investigated. Multiple observations of the ground object areused. The location of the ground object is assumed unknown. A careful analysis of the measurement situation at hand reveals that by optically tracking an unknown ground objectusing passive, bearings-only measurements, the aircraft's angle of attack and sideslip angle can be measured. Thus, two new independent measurement equations featuring theaircraft's angular navigation variables roll, pitch, yaw angles, ?, ?, and flight path angle ? and heading H are obtained. Hence, by optically tracking over time an unknown groundobject, inertial navigation system aiding is in fact possible. Moreover, the estimation algorithm, which operates on the bearing measurements record, simultaneously, and in parallel, produces corrections required for both inertial navigation system aiding and geo-location of the ground object. Furthermore, the theory developed in this paper is easily adaptedto accommodate additional measurements and/or prior information. The former entail range measurements, and prior information entails some, or all, position coordinates ofthe ground object. These enhancements reflect the current operational practice. Thus, the theory presented in this paper is su.ciently general to encompass the conventionalmethods of inertial navigation system updating in which both bearing and range measurements are used and the coordinates of the ground object are known. In all cases in whichadditional independent measurements and/or prior information are used, the accuracy of both the navigation solution and the geo-location are enhanced.

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