Method of generating geometric heading and positioning system using the same method
First Claim
1. A method of generating a geometric heading during positioning, comprising:
- estimating a current declination information of a current position according to a declination database, wherein the declination database gathers a magnetic map and a plurality of declination information corresponding to a difference between a magnetic north and a geometric north at all grid positions on the magnetic map;
generating a current magnetic heading according to a magnetometer;
generating a current geometric heading according to a current angular velocity reading of a gyroscope and a previous geometric heading, wherein the previous geometric heading is generated at a time frame (t−
1) and the current geometric heading is generated at a time frame t; and
updating the current geometric heading according to the current declination information of the current position and the current magnetic heading.
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Abstract
A method of generating a geometric heading during positioning is provided. The method includes the following steps: estimating a current declination information of a current position according to a declination database, wherein the declination database gathers a magnetic map and a plurality of declination information corresponding to a difference between a magnetic north and a geometric north at all grid positions on the magnetic map; generating a predicted heading according to an angular velocity reading of a gyroscope and a magnetic heading reading of a magnetometer; and generating the geometric heading according to the current declination information of the current position and the predicted heading.
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1. A method of generating a geometric heading during positioning, comprising:
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estimating a current declination information of a current position according to a declination database, wherein the declination database gathers a magnetic map and a plurality of declination information corresponding to a difference between a magnetic north and a geometric north at all grid positions on the magnetic map; generating a current magnetic heading according to a magnetometer; generating a current geometric heading according to a current angular velocity reading of a gyroscope and a previous geometric heading, wherein the previous geometric heading is generated at a time frame (t−
1) and the current geometric heading is generated at a time frame t; andupdating the current geometric heading according to the current declination information of the current position and the current magnetic heading. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A positioning system for generating a geometric heading, comprising:
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an inertial unit, at least comprises a gyroscope for providing a current angular velocity reading and a magnetometer for providing a current magnetic heading reading; and a processor, arranged for executing the following steps;
estimating a current declination information of a current position according to a declination database, wherein the declination database gathers a magnetic map and a plurality of declination information corresponding to a difference between a magnetic north and a geometric north at all positions on the magnetic map;
generating a current geometric heading according to the current angular velocity reading of the gyroscope and a previous geometric heading, and updating the current geometric heading according to the current declination information of the current position and the current magnetic heading;
wherein the previous geometric heading is generated at a time frame (t−
1) and the current geometric heading is generated at a time frame t. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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