Gyro Sensor Motion Capture

Germany magdeburg march 2010.

Gyro sensor motion capture.

Here we survey the relevant body of literature to develop our system. The motion gyro compass from kongsberg is a maintenance free imo type approved motion sensor and gyro compass for navigation that in addition can serve other applications or solutions in need for attitude and heading input. In this section we look into the application of inertial sensors for tracking human motion. In recent years vibration gyro sensors have found their way into camera shake detection systems for compact video and still cameras motion sensing for video games and vehicle electronic stability control anti skid systems.

For more robust and accurate motion sensing in consumer electronics gyroscope sensors are combined with accelerometer sensors. The gyroscope in this motion sensor network measures the orientation of the sensor data that reflects gravitational acceleration. Mechanical motion capture sensors. The privacy risks associated with some sensors like a mi crophone eavesdropping camera or gps tracking are obvious and well understood some of the risks remained under the radar for users and application developers.

Bunch of concerned applications have been mentioned pointing to the commerciality of the technology. Depending on the direction there are three types of angular rate measurements. Sensors for motion capture biomechanics industrial control robotics facility management cold storage research product development. Xsens is the leading innovator in motion tracking technology and products.

Wearable and mountable motion and environmental sensors. These typically include gyroscopes accelerometers and sometimes magnetometers. Gyroscope sensor working principle. Principle of navigation systems based on inertial sensors.

In particular access to motion sensors such as gyroscope and accelerometer is unmitigated by mobile operating systems. Besides sensing the angular velocity gyroscope sensors can also measure the motion of the object. It is used to determine the rotational orientation of the imu. Inertial motion capture uses imus inertial measurement units with built in sensors to detect position and movement.

Here different types are plotted by size and performance. Xsens products include motion capture imu ahrs human kinematics and wearables. The gyroscope measures angular rate.