INS

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits

Inertial Sensor Systems

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Spatial orientation without reference points is more complicated than you might imagine. A hummingbird obtains the relevant information on spatial position and motion from its sophisticated equilibrium organs.
An inertial navigation system (INS) also determines position and speed – without a reference to the environment being necessary. By means of inertial sensor systems, the motion of an object, animal, or person is continuously measured. The current position is calculated on the basis of the distance that was covered within a certain time interval and the direction of the motion with reference to the last known position.
Inertial sensors based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are a cost-efficient alternative or extension of infrastructure-based navigation technologies for satellite-based and communication-network-based Wireless LAN (WLAN, DECT, etc.) tracking as well as for optical or magnetic tracking systems.

We develop ...

  • MEMS-based inertial sensor systems on the basis of commercial sensors for acceleration, angular rate, and further application-specific sensors.
    → Inertial Sensor Systems
  • Algorithms for fusion and combination of different sensor data in order to support seamless navigation processes in the automotive industry, robotics, etc., and thereby increase their capacities or extend their functionality.
    → Navigation Algorithms
  • Calibration procedures and calibration of MEMS inertial measuring units (IMU).
    → Calibration

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