Self-calibration-method for an inertial navigation system with three 3D sensors

Inertial Navigation Systems with three 3D sensors are used to localize moving persons. The accuracy of the localization depends on the quality of the sensor data of the multi-sensor system. In order to improve the accuracy, a self-calibration process based on the automatic 3D calibration was developed. Based on the calibration procedure of the accelerometer (ACC) and the magnetic field sensor (MAG), the additional integration of the gyroscope (GYRO) leads to a reduction of the indoor positioning error. This improves both the approximation for the accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor so that the standard deviation of a single sensor is minimized. A new calibration procedure of the gyroscope and the accuracy improvement of the localization of a moving person are presented.