| publication name | A PROTOTYPE TWO DIMENTIONAL TRACKING NAVIGATION SYSTEM BASED ON DEAD RECKONING TOOLS |
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| Authors | Maher Mohammad Amin, Ahmed Abdel-hay Ahmed |
| year | 2013 |
| keywords | Dead reckoning; INS; Navigation systems; Shaft encoder Sensor |
| journal | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ACADEMIC RESEARCH |
| volume | 5 |
| issue | 6 |
| pages | 184-192 |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | www.ijar.eu |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Most Recent researches of Land Vehicular navigation systems focus on using Global position System (GPS) integrated with Inertial Navigation System (INS), which depends on a large size tools and of high cost. Recently, traditional (INS) instruments has been modified and developed by a new technology known as Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS). This research aims to create an alternative independent navigation system of low-cost and locally available components to give a suitable precision for navigational works. This system consists of (rotary shaft encoders) as sensors, for measuring distances and directions, instead of the accelerometers and gyroscopes used in the INS. Several preliminary experiments had been made, where, the obtained results were modest. To improve the precision of these results, data were processed through a program designed especially for this purpose, where two closed loop experiments were conducted at nearly horizontal plane areas, the first experiment was a loop of about 200 m length and the second had an approximately 800 m loop length. The closing errors of the two loops were about 1:80, which is considered acceptable for an initial prototype system used for navigation works. Therefore, the final results of this research showed that the (Rotary shaft encoders) had been used as a main part of a simple dead reckoning navigational system, which means that the shaft encoder was used for measuring distances and measuring directions for the first time.