:In order to reduce the dependence of pedestrian navigation on satellite navigation system and wireless communication, a new method is proposed to construct pedestrian navigation system (PNS) based on micro inertial technology. In this paper, the distributed system structure is arranged on human feet and trunk, and the key technologies, namely the system initial alignment, the error correction, the precise gait-phase detection, the effect and the inhibition of environmental magnetic field, have been studied. Besides, theories and applications of the key technologies are also discussed, and the performance of the PNS has been analyzed in the environment of electromagnetic interference. Experimental results show that the positioning error of the route with electromagnetic interference accounts for 2% of the travel distance. The key technologies proposed in the study can effectively improve the positioning accuracy of PNS, and independently achieve longer time personal navigation in the attenuate or even invalid global navigation satellite system(GNSS) and wireless communication signal environment.Keywords:PNS;micro inertial technology;gait-phase detection;zero velocity update;fault detection
IntroductionAs an emerging branch of navigation technology, pedestrian navigation has attracted intensive research in recent years. The pedestrian navigation system (PNS) is able to effectively determine individual user's location.Due to its light weight, small volume, affordable price, and portability, PNS has shown a broad prospect in both military and civilian applications[1]. At present, the PNS based on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and wireless communication technology has been able to demonstrated satisfying performance. However, accurate personal positioning in the presence of electromagnetic interference, for instance, when the GNSS and the wireless communication are interfered, still remains an open issue in the development of pedestrian navigation technologies. Recently, many research institutions and scholars have carried out the research of pedestrian navigation based on MEMS inertial technology to deal with the situation when GNSS becomes unreliable or completely unavailable. Draper laboratory [1-3] first proposed to install MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the feet of a soldier, and it focused on the calibration of the MEMS sensor's drift error when the foot is motionless. X. Yun et.al [13] changed the way of the installation of the MEMS IMU by fixing it on the dorsum of the foot, and use the zero velocity update method at the time of foot-landing to identify the dynamic phase model of human walking.That method corrects the way of the position error accumulation from over time to over distance and hence prevents the accumulation of positioning error. The Swedish defense research institute [9] has studied the indoor personal navigation method based on the foot-fixed MEMS IMU. Their result shows that the random errors of the inertial sensors could significantly affect the effectiveness of...