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Indoor Positioning System based on Gyroscope and Accelerometer

[+11] [3] Alex is [2011-09-21 12:45:48] [ android location position accelerom eter gy roscope ] [ http://stackov erflow.com /questions/7 499959/indoor-positioning-sy stem -based-ongy roscope-and-accelerom eter ]

I am developing an Android App to track indoor position. My phone is an Google Nexus S using two sensors, the first being an Accelerometer and the second being a Gyroscope. My idea is that from a starting reference point (a known GPS position), using the 2 sensors (accelerometer for motion and Gyro for directions) track the phone when moving. And display on a map when the user is going. But the problem is that i have no idea how to combine both of these sensors to give me an actual position? I have read some article on internet that talk about "kalman filter" and after some more research i found out that that filter is very very complex /too much for me) especially to code it in java for Android (cpu killer) Does someone has some experience that he can share with me about indoor positioning system using Gyro and accelerometer? Thank you for your help!
[+14] [2011-09-21 13:09:36] Ali Gy ros and accelerometers are not enough. Y ou get position by integrating the linear acceleration twice but the error is horrible. It is useless in practice. Here is an ex planation why (Google Tech Talk) [1 ] at 23:20. I highly recommend this v ideo. As for indoor positioning, I hav e found these useful: RSSI-Based Indoor Localization and Tracking Using Sigma-Point Kalman Smoothers [2] Pedestrian Tracking with Shoe-Mounted Inertial Sensors [3] Enhancing the Performance of Pedometers Using a Single Accelerometer [4] I hav e no idea how these methods would perform in real-life applications or how to turn them into a nice Android app. A similar question is this [5]. [1 ] http://www.y outube.com/watch?v =C7 JQ7 Rpwn2k [2] http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~anindy a/Paul_Wan_Plans08.pdf [3] http://www.intersense.com/uploads/documents/Pedestrian_Tracking_with_ShoeMounted_Inertial_Sensors.pdf [4] http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/application_notes/47 07 6299220991 AN_900.pdf [5] http://stackov erflow.com/q/7 356829/341 97 0
(1 ) y ep I also found those docum ents, but they don't explained HOE they achiev e to do such things m ost of those paper just nice result on a path track on a 2 D m ap. But no code? no com plete calculation? - Alexis
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Any updates on this topic in the past 6 m onths? - ina @ina Well, y es, a slightly updated answer is here. - Ali I just got this project started. We'll look onto it further. But thanks to the v ideo - Jay son Ragasa @Jay sonRagasa Well, good luck! - Ali
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[+1] [2011-09-22 01:28:25] aerosuch For some other interesting reading on emerging indoor positioning technologies, check out this blog post from Qubulus [1 ]. There are sev eral startups and research projects try ing to find a good replacement for GPS indoors. Attempts range from Dead Reckoning, to QR Codes [2], to light pulses, to radio fingerprinting. It looks like any v iable solution will combine multiple technologies (similar to how most smartphones rely on A-GPS, where the satellite signal is assisted by cell tower multilateration [3]). Best of luck with y our application! [1 ] http://www.qubulus.com/201 1 /06/07 /the-indoor-positioning-market-shaped-list-of-indoorpositioning-companies/ [2] http://www.careace.net/2009/08/20/nav igation-indoor-withgomap-using-microsoft-tag/ [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking
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[0] [2012-12-18 03:36:56] Allen Jee I think this is a great post [1 ] answering y our question. This kalman filter combine data from accelerometers and gy ros. Hope it helps. [1 ] http://blog.tkjelectronics.dk/201 2/09/a-practical-approach-to-kalman-filter-and-how-toimplement-it/
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