Calibration Of Vibratory Gyroscope
First Claim
1. Method of calibrating a gyroscope to be calibrated in a gyroscopic system comprising at least four vibratory gyroscopes capable of changing vibration position among a plurality of vibration positions;
- a first measurement being provided by said gyroscope to be calibrated and a second measurement being provided by a combination of the respective measurements from the other gyroscopes of said system, said first and second measurements being carried out along the same measurement axis;
said calibration method comprising the following steps, for the gyroscope to be calibrated which vibrates in one of the vibration positions;
/1/ determining (12) a measurement drift value between said first measurement and said second measurement;
/2/ commanding (13) the change in vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated to another vibration position of said plurality of vibration positions and iterating step /1/;
/3/ iterating (14) step /2/ K times, K being a positive integer; and
/4/ generating (15) a drift model as a function of the vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated on the basis of the drift values obtained in the iterations of step /1/.
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Abstract
A gyroscopic system comprises at least four vibratory gyroscopes capable of changing vibration position. A first measurement is provided by a gyroscope to be calibrated and a second measurement is provided by a combination of the respective measurements from the other gyroscopes of the system, these first and second measurements being carried out along the same measurement axis. The determination (12) of a measurement drift value between the first measurement and the second measurement is followed by a command (13) to change the vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated to another vibration position and a drift value is again determined. The vibration position change command and the determination of a drift value are repeated (14) K times, K being a positive integer. Then, a drift model is generated (15) as a function of the vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated on the basis of the drift values obtained.
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1. Method of calibrating a gyroscope to be calibrated in a gyroscopic system comprising at least four vibratory gyroscopes capable of changing vibration position among a plurality of vibration positions;
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a first measurement being provided by said gyroscope to be calibrated and a second measurement being provided by a combination of the respective measurements from the other gyroscopes of said system, said first and second measurements being carried out along the same measurement axis; said calibration method comprising the following steps, for the gyroscope to be calibrated which vibrates in one of the vibration positions; /1/ determining (12) a measurement drift value between said first measurement and said second measurement; /2/ commanding (13) the change in vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated to another vibration position of said plurality of vibration positions and iterating step /1/; /3/ iterating (14) step /2/ K times, K being a positive integer; and /4/ generating (15) a drift model as a function of the vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated on the basis of the drift values obtained in the iterations of step /1/. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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11. Gyroscopic system (40) comprising at least four vibratory gyroscopes (41) capable of changing vibration position among a plurality of vibration positions;
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a first measurement being provided by a gyroscope to be calibrated and a second measurement being provided by a combination of the respective measurements from the other gyroscopes of said system, said first and second measurements being carried out along the same measurement axis; said gyroscopic system comprising, in order to calibrate the gyroscope to be calibrated; a determination unit (42) capable of determining a measurement drift value between said first measurement and said second measurement; a command unit (43) capable of commanding the change in vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated to another vibration position of said plurality of vibration positions and requiring the determination of a drift value by the determination unit; and a generation unit (44) capable of generating a drift model as a function of the vibration position of the gyroscope to be calibrated on the basis of the drift values provided by the determination unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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