Two recursive estimation algorithms, which use pairs of measured vectors to yield minimum variance estimates of the quaternion of rotation, are presented. The nonlinear relations between the direction cosine matrix and the quaternion are linearized, and a variant of the extended Kalman filter is used to estimate the difference between the quaternion and its estimate. With each measurement this estimate is updated and added to the whole quaternion estimate. This operation constitutes a full state reset in the estimation process. Filter tuning is needed to obtain a converging filter. The second algorithm presented uses the normality property of the quaternion of rotation to obtain, in a straightforward design, a filter which converges, with a smaller error, to a normal quaternion. This algorithm changes the state but not the covariance computation of the original algorithm and implies only a partial reset. Results of Monte-Carlo simulation runs are presented which demonstrate the superiority of the normalized quaternion.
Attitude Determination from Vector Observations: Quaternion Estimation
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ; AES-21 , 1 ; 128-136
01.01.1985
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Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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