Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for determination of angular position in three-dimensional space, and corresponding electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US16125515Application Date: 2018-09-07
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Publication No.: US10747330B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Antonio Micali , Alberto Zancanato , Federico Rizzardini
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7c7b3668
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G01B7/30 ; G01C19/00 ; G01P15/00 ; G01V3/08 ; G01C17/38 ; G01C21/16 ; G01C21/10 ; G01C21/00

Abstract:
An electronic device determines an estimate of angular position based on an accelerometric signal supplied by an accelerometric sensor and as a function of at least one of a gyroscopic signal from a gyroscopic sensor and a magnetic signal from a magnetic-field sensor. A processing module implements a complementary filter, which is provided with a first processing block, a second processing block, and a combination block. The first processing block receives the acceleration signal and an input signal indicative of the magnetic signal and generates a geomagnetic quaternion. The second processing block receives a signal indicative of the gyroscopic signal (gyro) and generates a gyroscopic quaternion. The combination block determines the estimate ({circumflex over (q)}) of angular position by complementarily combining the geomagnetic quaternion and the gyroscopic quaternion based on a combination factor that has a dynamic value and an adaptive value and that varies as a function of the operating conditions.
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