– This paper aims to propose a method for measuring the rotation of moving body during parabolic flight using camera.

    Design/methodology/approach

    – An orthogonal matrix used to calculate the Euler angles of rotation is solved by means of singular value decomposition. The translation velocity and position of moving body are measured by a binocular camera system.

    Findings

    – The experiment is executed in a jet aircraft to simulate micro-gravity during parabolic flight. And the human moving body is regarded as a rigid body. The results show that this method can calculate the angles effectively.

    Practical implications

    – This work is useful for calculation and monitoring body’s motion in space.

    Originality/value

    – The paper gives a method which measures the rotation of a rigid body under the microgravity by a binocular camera to modify the measurement error of the interferometer.


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    Title :

    A measurement of human body rotation during parabolic flight experiment


    Contributors:
    Jin, Tao (author) / Jia, Hongzhi (author) / Hou, Wenmei (author) / Fujii, Yusaku (author)


    Publication date :

    2015-01-05


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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