8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A Quaternion-Based Orientation Estimation Algorithm with Adaptive Interpolation for Wearable Computing

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694713,
        author={Xuancheng Zhou and Jianxin Chen and Xiruo Lu and Yi Dong},
        title={A Quaternion-Based Orientation Estimation Algorithm with Adaptive Interpolation for Wearable Computing},
        proceedings={8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2013},
        month={11},
        keywords={motion capture real time orientation estimation quaternion},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694713}
    }
    
  • Xuancheng Zhou
    Jianxin Chen
    Xiruo Lu
    Yi Dong
    Year: 2013
    A Quaternion-Based Orientation Estimation Algorithm with Adaptive Interpolation for Wearable Computing
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694713
Xuancheng Zhou1, Jianxin Chen1,*, Xiruo Lu1, Yi Dong1
  • 1: Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
*Contact email: chenjx@njupt.edu.cn

Abstract

The motion capture systems that have rigorous real time requirements are often applied in wearable computing, aerospace and other fields. This paper presents a quaternion-based Orientation Estimation Algorithm (OEA) with low complexity using a Micro-Electro-Mechanic Systems (MEMS) tri-axis accelerometer, a tri-axis gyroscope and a tri-axis magnetometer. We give the description of the orientation of rigid body and propose an adaptive interpolation algorithm for data fusion. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed OEA may track the orientation accurately and consume lower power as well as processing resources in comparison to the extended kalman filtering algorithm.