Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing
User-worn sensing units composed of inertial and magnetic sensors are becoming increasingly popular in various domains, including biomedical engineering, robotics, virtual reality, where they can also be applied for real-time tracking of the orientation of human body parts in the three-dimensional (...
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| description | User-worn sensing units composed of inertial and magnetic sensors are becoming increasingly popular in various domains, including biomedical engineering, robotics, virtual reality, where they can also be applied for real-time tracking of the orientation of human body parts in the three-dimensional (3D) space. Although they are a promising choice as wearable sensors under many respects, the inertial and magnetic sensors currently in use offer measuring performance that are critical in order to achieve and maintain accurate 3D-orientation estimates, anytime and anywhere. This paper reviews the main sensor fusion and filtering techniques proposed for accurate inertial/magnetic orientation tracking of human body parts; it also gives useful recipes for their actual implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f14df04201b74f54a626d366f08f27af2022-12-22T01:57:36ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202011-01-011121489152510.3390/s110201489Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic SensingAngelo Maria SabatiniUser-worn sensing units composed of inertial and magnetic sensors are becoming increasingly popular in various domains, including biomedical engineering, robotics, virtual reality, where they can also be applied for real-time tracking of the orientation of human body parts in the three-dimensional (3D) space. Although they are a promising choice as wearable sensors under many respects, the inertial and magnetic sensors currently in use offer measuring performance that are critical in order to achieve and maintain accurate 3D-orientation estimates, anytime and anywhere. This paper reviews the main sensor fusion and filtering techniques proposed for accurate inertial/magnetic orientation tracking of human body parts; it also gives useful recipes for their actual implementation.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/2/1489/human body motion trackinginertial/magnetic sensingstrap-down inertial navigationsensor fusionKalman filteringquaternion |
| spellingShingle | Angelo Maria Sabatini Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing Sensors human body motion tracking inertial/magnetic sensing strap-down inertial navigation sensor fusion Kalman filtering quaternion |
| title | Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing |
| title_full | Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing |
| title_fullStr | Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing |
| title_short | Estimating Three-Dimensional Orientation of Human Body Parts by Inertial/Magnetic Sensing |
| title_sort | estimating three dimensional orientation of human body parts by inertial magnetic sensing |
| topic | human body motion tracking inertial/magnetic sensing strap-down inertial navigation sensor fusion Kalman filtering quaternion |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/2/1489/ |
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