Using magnetometer data to calculate angular rate measurement bias
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving magnetometer measurements from a magnetometer of a mobile device;
determining that the device is not rotating based on the magnetometer measurements;
responsive to the determining, estimating a dynamic bias;
estimating an angular rate measurement bias based on the dynamic bias and a temperature compensated static bias; and
calibrating an angular rate measurement using the estimated angular rate measurement bias.
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Abstract
Implementations are disclosed for using magnetometer measurements to estimate bias for angular rate measurements provided by an angular rate sensor (e.g., a gyro sensor). In some implementations, a bias estimator running on a device is configured to determine if the device is rotating based on the magnetometer measurements. If the device is not rotating, a dynamic bias is calculated and added to a temperature compensated static bias to provide a total angular rate measurement bias. The total angular rate measurement bias can be provided to an attitude estimation system where it is used to update an attitude (orientation) of the device. In some implementations, the angular rate measurements are used to determine if the device is oscillating according to a threshold value. If the device is not rotating and the device is oscillating according to a threshold value, the static bias is updated in a calibration table.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving magnetometer measurements from a magnetometer of a mobile device; determining that the device is not rotating based on the magnetometer measurements; responsive to the determining, estimating a dynamic bias; estimating an angular rate measurement bias based on the dynamic bias and a temperature compensated static bias; and calibrating an angular rate measurement using the estimated angular rate measurement bias. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile device comprising:
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a magnetometer; an angular rate sensor; one or more processors; memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; receiving magnetometer measurements from the magnetometer of the mobile device; determining that the mobile device is not rotating based on the magnetometer measurements; responsive to the determining, estimating a dynamic bias; estimating an angular rate measurement bias based on the dynamic bias and a temperature compensated static bias; and calibrating an angular rate measurement provided by the angular rate sensor using the estimated angular rate measurement bias. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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